Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle
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Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle is a 2007 British
comedy film
directed by Baz Taylor and starring James Fleet
, Caroline Harker
and Phil Cornwell
. A teacher attempts to stop an American gangster and a corrupt mayor building a casino on the site where Lady Godiva
once rode in Coventry
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Baz Taylor and starring James Fleet
James Fleet
James Edward Fleet is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.-Personal life:Fleet...
, Caroline Harker
Caroline Harker
Caroline Harker is an English stage and television actress, the sister of actress Susannah Harker, and the daughter of actors Polly Adams and Richard Owens...
and Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell is an English comedian, actor, impressionist and writer. He is probably best known as being part of the Dead Ringers television and radio series...
. A teacher attempts to stop an American gangster and a corrupt mayor building a casino on the site where Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva
Godiva , often referred to as Lady Godiva , was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants...
once rode in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
.
Cast
- Phil CornwellPhil CornwellPhil Cornwell is an English comedian, actor, impressionist and writer. He is probably best known as being part of the Dead Ringers television and radio series...
- Mayor Osbourne - James FleetJames FleetJames Edward Fleet is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.-Personal life:Fleet...
- Alan Jenkins - Caroline HarkerCaroline HarkerCaroline Harker is an English stage and television actress, the sister of actress Susannah Harker, and the daughter of actors Polly Adams and Richard Owens...
- Catherine Osbourne - Nick HolderNick HolderNick Holder is an underground hip-hop and house music deejay and producer from Toronto, Canada.Holder began DJing in the early 1980s, and soon became influenced by the Detroit techno scene and DJs such as Derrick May and Carl Craig....
- Ray Carlton - Matthew AshfordeMatthew AshfordeMatthew Ashforde is an English actor, known for his appearances in EastEnders, Press Gang and Is It Legal?.Ashforde started his professional acting career at the age of ten. He currently lives in North London with his wife and son....
- Vincent Dengler - Zak Maguire - Andrew Osbourne
- Tony SlatteryTony SlatteryAnthony Declan James "Tony" Slattery is an English actor and comedian who has appeared on British television regularly since the mid 1980s, most notably as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? As a film actor, both comedic and serious, his credits include The...
- Tom O'Driscoll - Faye TozerFaye TozerFaye Louise Tozer is an English singer, songwriter and actress; famous for being a member of pop group Steps.-Music:Steps were a pop group that achieved a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2001...
- Chantelle - Mark Sutton - Carlton's Heavy 1
- Dave Bishop - Carlton's Heavy 2
- Joanna Croll - Jane Carmichael
- Emma JessonEmma JessonEmma Louise Jesson-Hargreaves is an English television and weather presenter who works for ITV Central in Birmingham, England, and ITV Granada....
- Serena Moss - Roger SlomanRoger SlomanRoger Sloman is an English actor. Born in the Harlesden district of London, he has performed in dozens of television and film appearances since the late 1970s...
- Frank Gilmont - Mohan ChopraMohan ChopraMohan Chopra was a Hindi intellectual and author.-Life:Mohan Chopra was born at Gurdaspur, Punjab, India. He received his education at Dalhousie, Gurdaspur, and Lahore. He earned an M.A...
- Sanjeev - Christine HamiltonChristine HamiltonChristine Hamilton is a British television personality and author, and the wife of former British Member of Parliament Neil Hamilton who was Minister for Corporate Affairs between 1992-1994....
- Christina Hampton - Neil HamiltonNeil HamiltonNeil Hamilton may refer to:*Neil Hamilton , American actor*Neil Hamilton , former British Member of Parliament*Neil Hamilton , American lawyer and author...
- Henry Hampton