Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
- london
- england
- married couple
- based on true story
- adult animation
- illustration
The bill
Jim Broadbent
Ernest Briggs (voice)
Brenda Blethyn
Ethel Briggs (voice)
Luke Treadaway
Raymond Briggs (voice)
Roger Allam
Middle Aged Doctor (voice)
- Virginia McKenna — Lady of the House (voice)
- Peter Wight — Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
- Pam Ferris — Mrs Bennett / Aunty Betty (voice)
- Simon Day — Alf (voice)
- Raymond Briggs — Raymond Briggs (voice)
- June Brown — Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
- Harry Collett — Young Raymond (voice)
- Gillian Hanna — Midwife / Aunty Flo (voice)
- Alex Jordan — Best Man / Fireman / Train Guard / Doctor (voice)
- Duncan Wisbey — Wedding Photographer / Radio Announcer / BBC Newsreader / Ne
- Macready Massey — Teenage Raymond (voice)
- Directed
- Roger Mainwood
- Written
- Roger Mainwood
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 131 ratings
- Studio
- Lupus Films, Cloth Cat, BFI, BBC, Melusine Productions, The Little Film Company
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.
