BBC Two - The Song of Lunch

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Duration: 50 minutes

A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem, telling the story of a book editor who, 15 years after their break-up, meets his former love for a nostalgic lunch at the Soho restaurant they used to frequent. As the wine flows, the couple rake over their failed relationship.

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BBC One

Fri 15 Oct 2010 01:55 BBC One except HD

How could she have been so stupid? Duration: 02:13

BBC TV blog

Greg Wise, executive producer: "We were all in utterly uncharted territory, for, as far as we were aware, a poem had never been made into a film before… what were the rules?"
Read Greg Wise's post about The Song of Lunch on the BBC TV blog

Author: Christopher Reid

He: Alan Rickman

She: Emma Thompson

Waiter: Andi Soric

Waitress: Siubhan Harrison

Massimo: Joseph Long

Young She: Georgina Sutcliffe

Young He: Christopher Grimes

Noisy Boy: Jamie Baughan

Noisy Boy: Orlando Brooke

Noisy Boy: David Hayler

Noisy Boy: Simon Killick

Noisy Boy: Oscar Ward

Debauched Publishing Type: James Richard Marshall

Director: Niall MacCormick

Producer: Pier Wilkie

BBC HDFri 8 Oct 2010 21:00 BBC HD
BBC TwoFri 8 Oct 2010 21:00 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)
BBC OneFri 15 Oct 2010 01:55 BBC One except HD

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