Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestAfter the disastrous party, Arnie vents on his actors individually. Struggling to raise capital on his vastly over-budgeted costume film, he decides to drown his sorrows, yet Maud is isn't ready to give in and later surprises Arnie when she informs him that Mr Crane has decided to give them the loan after admitting he found the party enjoyable. Meanwhile, Letty is heartbroken when she disovers what Arnie really had in mind. Just as things start to pick at the studio, a disaster occurs that looks set to turn all their dreams into ashes.
Arnie Cole and his wife Maud are an odd couple, having entered into the state of matrimony for purely practical reasons. However, their marriage of convenience gives way to genuine partnership as Maud becomes caught up in Arnie's ambitions to start his own film production company.
Acting
Hoskins and de la Tour's sparring is chef's kiss.
Production
Loving recreation of rickety 1910s filmmaking.
Creator
Roy Clarke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bob Hoskins was still relatively unknown—this role helped land him The Long Good Friday that same year.
The show lovingly mocks the British class obsession with 'respectability' while secretly admiring the scrappy entrepreneurs who built early cinema.
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