Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me

Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me is a 2011 one-off Christmas television special, made by STV Productions and broadcast by ITV on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The story centres on a wealthy car dealer who befriends a terminally ill teenager and makes his Christmas wish come true.

Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me
GenreDrama
Written byChristopher Dunlop
Directed byDavid Richards
StarringLaurence Fox
Jack McMullen
Sarah Smart
Marian McLoughlin
Tamzin Outhwaite
David Westhead
Faye Daveney
Judy Flynn
Bill Paterson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producer(s)Margaret Enefer
Producer(s)Madonna Baptise
Running time90 minutes
Production company(s)STV Productions
Release
Original networkITV, STV, UTV
Picture formatPAL (576i)
Audio formatStereo
Original release27 December 2011 (2011-12-27)

Plot

Jonathan Donald (Laurence Fox) is a wealthy car dealer who, having been convicted of drink driving, is sentenced to 60 hours of community service at The Moonbeam Club for young adults who have social and behavioural difficulties.

At the club, Jonathan meets recently widowed Laura Cooper (Sarah Smart) but Laura doesn't like Jonathan's attitude towards the club and soon tells him to leave. Having failed to meet the terms of his sentence, Jonathan is forced to return by the court, with the sentence extended to 100 hours, and soon befriends 19-year-old Freddie Copeland (Jack McMullen), a gadget expert at the club. Jonathan learns that Freddie is dying of kidney failure and a genetic heart condition and that this Christmas could be his last. Freddie wishes for a family Christmas so Jonathan sets up a plan to help him, much to Laura's despair. Jonathan tracks down Freddie's real mother but she refuses to accept that she is Freddie's mother so Jonathan alters his plan and, with the help of Jonathan's best friend Charlie, Laura's mother Julia and some criminals led by fraudster Patsy Morgan (Tamzin Outhwaite), Jonathan makes Freddie's wish come true. Freddie dies in hospital after Christmas so Laura, Jonathan and The Moonbeam Club put his ashes into fireworks and set them off on 12 April as Freddie's last wish comes true.[1][2][3]

Cast

Notes
  1. "Laurence Fox and Tamsin Outhwaite to star in STV festive drama Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me". STV Entertainment. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. "Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me". ITV Press Centre. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. "Laurence Fox: Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me is more than a parable". Metro. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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