Gentlemen's Relish

Synopsis

The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.

Main Cast

Billy Connolly

Kingdom Swann

Age : N/A | Popularity : 57%

Sarah Lancashire

Violtet Askey

Age : N/A | Popularity : 44%

Douglas Henshall

Cromwell Marsh

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Simon Chandler

Prestwick

Age : N/A | Popularity : 27%

Jamie Bradley

Stanley Gaunt

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Dominic Mafham

Lord Thornycroft

Age : 56 | Popularity : 53%

Emma Stansfield

Maria Rossetti

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Tony Maudsley

Job Agency Manager

Age : 56 | Popularity : 36%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Miles Gibson Martn Auty David Nobbs
Directing	Director	Douglas Mackinnon
Department	Role	Name

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