- Country: UK
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 2012-02-05
- Director: Peter Capaldi
- Writers: Peter Capaldi , Tony Roche
- Language: English
- Stars: Peter Capaldi , Peter Capaldi , Kelly Adams , Ben Aldridge , Cavan Clerkin , Hazel Douglas , Tim Downie , Terry Gilliam , Andrew Hawley , Henry Lloyd-Hughes , Alex Macqueen
- Runtime: 44 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
- AKA: The Cricklewood Greats (United Kingdom) , The Cricklewood Greats
- Plot: The presenter recalls his boyhood heroes from the Cricklewood film studios,assisted by Tim Dempsey,founder of the Cricklewood Appreciation Society. The studio was established by failed magician Arthur Sims,creator of silent comedy legend Harold the Hobo - alias the Little Drunk - before succumbing to a fatal gag involving a steam roller. In the 1930s chirpy Northern lass Florrie Fontaine became the country's highest paid home grown performer,starring in 'Clog Capers of 1932' and 'Florrie Drives a Lorry',as well as featuring in her own comic strip. In World War II she was the forces' sweetheart,the German forces,leading to a decline in popularity and exile to Benidorm to run a bier-keller.Post war Acton Films'series of horror movies with former Shakespearean lead Lionel Crisp revived studio fortunes whilst the 60s saw perky Cockney lass Jenny Driscoll decorate the cheeky 'Thumbs Up' series of farces (Thumbs Up,Marie Antoinette,Thumbs Up,Uranus) until scandal ended her career.Final interviewee Terry Gilliam unfortunately destroyed the studio,accidentally flooding it whilst making his little-seen flop 'Professor Hypochondria's Magical Odyssey' and the building was knocked down to make way for a DIY superstore. However thanks to Tim Dempsey,to lovingly preserved archive footage and television repeats we can be sure that the Cricklewood Greats will always be remembered.
- IMDB:tt2226315
The Cricklewood Greats Cast · · · ALL
Peter Capaldi
Director
Peter Capaldi
Himself
Alex Macqueen
Tim Dempsey
Terry Gilliam
Himself
Marcia Warren
Herself
Lyndsey Marshal
Florrie Fontaine
Marc Pickering
Tommy
Kelly Adams
Jenny Driscoll
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Paolo DeMarco
Tim Downie
Lionel Crisp
Hazel Douglas
Agnes Sands
George Potts
Arthur Simm
Ben Aldridge
Joe Hazelhurst
Andrew Hawley
'Vince'
Georgina Strawson
Continuity Announcer
Adam Tandy
Scrubber