
Gentlemen's Relish 2001
Overview
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
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Cast

Billy Connolly
Kingdom Swann

Sarah Lancashire
Violtet Askey

Douglas Henshall
Cromwell Marsh

Simon Chandler
Prestwick

Jamie Bradley
Stanley Gaunt

Dominic Mafham
Lord Thornycroft

Emma Stansfield
Maria Rossetti

Tony Maudsley
Job Agency Manager

Nick Stringer
Edward Shelburne
Chris Middleton
Lanky Parsons