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User Rating:
7.2/10   155 votes
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Director:
Andy DeEmmony
Writers:
Amanda Coe (written by)
Patrick Reams (original idea)
Contact:
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Release Date:
28 May 2008 (UK) more
Genre:
Biography | Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
Documents the rise of Mary Whitehouse during the 1960's, and the relationship between her and Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, the Director General of the BBC. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Full TV Nominees List of 13th Annual Satellite Awards
 (From Aceshowbiz. 30 November 2008, 11:36 PM, PST)

Decent crowd tune in for 'Filth'
 (From digitalspy. 30 May 2008, 6:48 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Walters makes her real rather than just a caricature! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The footage of "Doctor Who" (1963), seen on a television screen and used to depict the violence of the series, is edited to suggest that the scene takes place at the end of the episode. In fact the scene in question takes place around halfway through "Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 4 (#5.4)" (1967). This clip is followed by part of the opening sequence, showing the title and Patrick Troughton's face. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The sign on the door of Lord Hill's office reads "Lord Charles Hill". This is incorrect as such a style implies that he was the son of a Duke or a Marquess. The sign should have read "Charles, Lord Hill", "Lord Hill of Luton" or, more likely, simply "Lord Hill". more
Quotes:
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: The woman wants to censor us, Hill. If she had her way, all we'd show would be Andy bloody Pandy - and she'd stop him climbing into that basket with Looby Loo, let alone Teddy, lest some innocent child be corrupted by the whiff of puppet troilism. And bestiality, I suppose - or *would* it be bestiality with a teddy bear rather than a real bear? more
Movie Connections:
References "That Was the Week That Was" (1962) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Walters makes her real rather than just a caricature!, 11 October 2008
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Author: Sylvia Marciniak (sylviastel@aol.com) from United States

Mary Whitehouse played by the divine Julie Walters CBE could have been silly, over-reacting, or just a caricature of a woman who fought and won in her own mind. The film is quite a tribute to a woman who caused a lot of trouble in the 1960s regarding television content. Whitehouse is a schoolteacher, mother, and wife to Ernest. They live not in London but in Wolverhampton and she is concerned by the explosion of sexuality on television through the BBC which is national television. She gathers and recruits quite easily mostly housewives who have the same concern. All she wants is some time with the director of the BBC which was Sir Hugh Carleton Greene who is portrayed a chauvinistic boss and unlikely character. Whitehouse has her moments like when she telephones the BBC regarding a sketch spoofing her husband involved in a car accident as crossing the line. There is more to it. Despite all of the hatred and vulgarity in the letters and telephone calls, Whitehouse is persistent in trying to clean up the filth in national television.

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