Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.
- assassination
- england
- scotland
- widow
- queen
- prince
- victorian england
- royalty
- 19th century
- british monarchy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Judi Dench
Queen Victoria
Billy Connolly
John Brown
Geoffrey Palmer
Henry Ponsonby
Antony Sher
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
- Gerard Butler — Archie Brown
- Richard Pasco — Doctor Jenner
- David Westhead — Prince of Wales (Bertie)
- Georgie Glen — Lady Churchill
- Sara Stewart — Princess Alexandra
- Finty Williams — Princess Helena
- Oliver Ford Davies — Dean of Windsor
- Delia Lindsay — Society Lady
- Bridget McConnell — Lady Ely
- Claire Nicolson — Princess Louise
- Hattie Ladbury — Princess Alice
- Directed
- John Madden
- Written
- Jeremy Brock
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 190 ratings
- Studio
- BBC Scotland, GBH, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
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.
