In the Bleak Midwinter

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.

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  Michael Maloney

  Joe
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  Richard Briers

  Henry
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  Joan Collins

  Margaretta
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  Nicholas Farrell

  Tom Newman
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  Julia Sawalha

  Nina
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  Celia Imrie

  Fadge
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  John Sessions

  Terry Du Bois
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  Jennifer Saunders

  Nancy
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  Gerard Horan

  Carnforth
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  Mark Hadfield

  Vernon Spatch