Margery and Gladys

Margery and Gladys
	DVD cover
Written by	John Flanagan ; Andrew McCulloch
Directed by	Geoffrey Sax
Starring	Penelope Keith ; June Brown ; Roger Lloyd-Pack ; Martin Freeman
Music by	Philip Pope
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sharon Bloom
Producer(s)	Tim Hutchinson
Cinematography	Chris O'Dell
Editor(s)	Nick Arthurs
Running time	98 minutes
Production company(s)	Carlton Television
Distributor	ITV, STV, UTV
Release
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	21 September 2003

Margery and Gladys is a one-off television drama/film, broadcast on 21 September 2003. Starring Penelope Keith and June Brown as the title characters, it was produced by Carlton Television for ITV and directed by Geoffrey Sax.[1] Upon first broadcast, it was watched by a total of 7.91 million viewers.[2]

The film was also screened on RTÉ One in Ireland. It was subsequently repeated on ITV3 on 6 March 2016, its first repeat in the United Kingdom since its original broadcast in 2003. The film was released on DVD in Australia in July 2012 by Madman Entertainment.[3]

Plot

Recently widowed Margery Heywood (Penelope Keith) and her cleaning woman Gladys Gladwell (June Brown) disturb a would-be burglar breaking into Margery's house in Kent. Margery attacks the burglar with a heavy glass vase, and knocks him unconscious. Believing that she has killed him, she panics and flees the house with Gladys, leaving behind her handbag. In Gladys's car, the two women decide to try to reach Margery's son Graham in Milton Keynes, hoping he'll give them shelter and money, but the trip turns into a comedy of disasters.

They are forced to break into a pharmacy to obtain insulin for Gladys's diabetes, 'do a runner' from a petrol station and dodge police cameras on the M25. Margery is devastated to learn of a twenty-year affair between her late husband and Gladys - and that her son knew of it. His father also secretly bought a boat and planned to sail away with a childhood friend. With the police, led by about-to-retire Detective Inspector Woolley (Roger Lloyd-Pack) on their trail, the two women drive to Fleetwood, only to meet the childhood friend. The boat, it seems, was purchased with stolen money. After a night on the town at nearby Blackpool, the two women take the boat and sail off to the Caribbean.

Cast

Penelope Keith as Margery Heywood
June Brown as Gladys Gladwell
Roger Lloyd Pack as D.I. Wooley
Martin Freeman as D.S. Stringer
Alan David as Gordon Thompson
Marcia Warren as Jean Thompson
Adam Godley as Graham Heywood
Peter Vaughan as Troy Gladwell
Ken Morley as Bill Nightingale
Kulvinder Ghir as Mr. Singh
Ivana Basic as Nina Kovacs
Richard Ridings as Terry Mason
Matthew Lockwood as Scott Wilkins
Tilly Vosburgh as Mrs. Wilkins

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References

http://www.elstreestudios.co.uk/Film_tv/margery_and_gladys.aspx
http://www.barb.co.uk/
"Margery and Gladys". Madman.com.au. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

External links

Margery and Gladys on IMDb

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[1] ttp://www.elstreestudios.co.uk/Film_tv/margery_and_gladys.aspx

[2] ttp://www.barb.co.uk/

[3] "Margery and Gladys". Madman.com.au. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.