Brian And Charles - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Brian & Charles. Brian (David Earl). Copyright: Film4

Genre

Film

Released

2022

Stars

David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey, Jamie Michie, Nina Sosanya, Lynn Hunter, Lowri Izzard, Mari Izzard and more

Writers

David Earl and Chris Hayward

Director

Jim Archer

Producers

Rupert Majendie, Damian Jones, Mary Burke, Lauren Dark, Ollie Madden, Daniel Battsek, Jim Reeve, Robert Halmi Jr. and more

Company

Brian And Charles is based on David Earl's acclaimed comedic alter-ego Brian Gittins, and his unlikely friendship with Charles, a robot.

Brian lives alone in a remote village in the countryside. Something of an outcast, he spends his spare time inventing things out of found objects in his garage.

After a particularly harsh winter, Brian goes into a deep depression; without friends or family to rely on he decides to build a robot for company. 'Charles' is not only Brian's most successful invention, but he appears to have a personality all of his own and quickly becomes Brian's best friend, curing his loneliness and opening Brian's eyes to a new way of living. However, Charles creates more problems than Brian bargained for, particularly as he keeps eating Brian's cabbages, and the timid inventor has to face-up to several issues in his life; his eccentric ways, a local bully, and the woman he's always been fond of but never had the nerve to talk to.

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Additional details

UK certificate

PG

Duration

91 minutes

UK release

Friday 8th July 2022

Produced

2020

UK premiere

Sunday 12th June 2022

Distributors

Focus Features

Universal Pictures

Production

Location

Camera set-up

Single camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

Next repeats

  1. Thursday 28th November at 9pm on Film4

Recording details