The Boy in the Dress
One-off family comedy. Dennis is an ordinary boy but he feels different. He creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test - can a boy wear a dress?
Dennis feels different - he's an ordinary boy who lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, he plays football with his mates and lives with his dad and brother, but he is frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits - life has never really been the same since his mum left.
However, transformation can happen in the most unexpected places. In Raj's newsagent, a fashion magazine seems to be calling Dennis - can it be that Kate Moss is really telling him that it's okay for boys to like Vogue? Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in the school, Dennis creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test - but can a boy wear a dress, and what will the headmaster, his dad and his friends on the football team think if they find out?
Based on David Walliams' best-selling children's book, with an all-star cast including Jennifer Saunders, James Buckley, David Walliams and Kate Moss, The Boy in the Dress is a celebration of creativity, difference, football and fashion. A Christmas treat for the whole family.
On TV
Clips
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Dennis and Kate Moss
Duration: 00:30
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Dramatic Football
Duration: 00:40
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Trail: The Boy in the Dress
Duration: 00:35
Music Played
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Deee‐Lite
Groove Is In The Heart
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Deee‐Lite
Groove Is In The Heart
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Dizzee Rascal
Holiday (feat. Chrome & Calvin Harris)
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Dizzee Rascal
Holiday
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Dennis | Billy Kennedy |
Referee | David Walliams |
Miss Windsor | Jennifer Saunders |
Mr Norris | James Buckley |
Jaspreet | Meera Syal |
Dad | Steve Speirs |
Mr Hawthorn | Tim McInnerny |
Raj | Harish Patel |
Herself | Kate Moss |
Miss Price | Felicity Montagu |
Lisa | Temi Orelaja |
Darvesh | Aaron Chawla |
John | Oliver Barry-Brook |
Gareth | Sonny Ashbourne Serkis |
Cherise | Rosheen Hinze |
Mum | Emma Cooke |
Himself | Gary Lineker |
Writer | David Walliams |
Writer | Kevin Cecil |
Writer | Andy Riley |
Producer | Jo Sargent |
Director | Matt Lipsey |
Broadcasts
- Boxing Day 2014 18:55
- New Year's Day 2015 13:10BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
- Mon 14 Dec 2015 17:30
- Sun 20 Dec 2015 07:45
- Tue 13 Dec 2016 19:00
- Mon 19 Dec 2016 08:00
- Thu 22 Dec 2016 19:00
- Wed 28 Dec 2016 07:45
- Wed 28 Dec 2016 19:00
- Tue 19 Dec 2017 07:45
- Wed 20 Dec 2017 19:00
- Wed 4 Apr 2018 08:30
- Wed 25 Jul 2018 09:05
- Sat 5 Jan 2019 18:55
- Tue 16 Apr 2019 08:20
- Tue 23 Jul 2019 09:30
- Mon 16 Dec 2019 08:25
- Mon 16 Dec 2019 19:05
- Mon 6 Apr 2020 09:25
- Fri 7 Aug 2020 09:20
- Sat 7 Nov 2020 19:55
- Christmas Day 2020 08:30
- New Year's Day 2021 09:25
- New Year's Day 2021 18:55
- Wed 17 Feb 2021 08:25
- Sat 20 Mar 2021 12:20
- Sun 16 May 2021 13:45
- Sat 22 May 2021 19:55
- Sun 22 Aug 2021 13:45
- Sat 9 Oct 2021 19:55
- Sun 10 Oct 2021 10:25
- Sun 19 Dec 2021 17:30
- New Year's Day 2022 11:25
- Fri 18 Feb 2022 09:05
- Sat 9 Apr 2022 10:00
- Tue 12 Apr 2022 08:55
- Sat 20 Aug 2022 17:55
- Sun 21 Aug 2022 10:45
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