Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A modern adaptation of the classic children's story 'Alice through the Looking Glass', which continued on from the popular 'Alice in Wonderland' story. This time Alice is played by the mother, who falls asleep while reading the the bedtime story to her daughter. Walking through the Looking Glass, Alice finds herself in Chessland, a magical and fun world. There she meets the Red and White Queens, as well as many other amusing friends on her journey across the chessboard countryside onto become a crowned queen.
- chess
- based on novel or book
- queen
- beautiful woman
- alternate dimension
- based on children's book
- tea party
- lewis carroll
- mirror
- adaptation
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Penelope Wilton — White Queen
- Charlotte Curley — Little Alice
- Louise J. Taylor — Tiger Lily
- Rebecca Palmer — Rose
- Paulette P. Williams — Daisy #1
- Tania Luternauer — Daisy #2
- Siân Phillips — Red Queen
- John Tordoff — Railway Guard
- Jasper Holmes — Man in Paper Suit
- Gary Olsen — Tweedle-Dum
- Marc Warren — Tweedle-Dee
- Directed
- John Henderson
- Written
- Nick Vivian
Production
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 · 72 ratings
- Studio
- IAC Film, Projector Productions, Channel 4 Television
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
