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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006)

1h 19m

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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006)

Name: Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2006-03-16

1h 19m

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March 16, 2006
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Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many diaries he kept

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Release Date
March 16, 2006

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 19m

Genres
Comedy Drama

Last updated: 2024-10-13

This Movie Is About.

depression

diary

biography

celebrity

based on a true story

period drama

Wiki.

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! is a 2006 BBC Four television play starring Michael Sheen as the British comic actor Kenneth Williams, based on Williams' own diaries. Cheryl Campbell plays Williams's mother, Lou.

Michael Sheen performed extensive research for the role, watching archive footage and reading books. He also followed the cabbage soup diet to lose 2.5 stone (35 lb; 16 kg) to play Williams.

Viewing figures were 860,000 for its original airing, including timeshift, making it by far the most popular BBC Four broadcast of March 2006. Its repeat showing on 17 March 2006 garnered another 252,000 viewers.

Sheen's performance won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Male Actor, and the play also won two BAFTA nominations (best single play and best actor, Michael Sheen).

It was released on DVD as Fantabulosa! – The Kenneth Williams Story in October 2009, and has been rebroadcast several times in the UK since its original airing.