Bernard and the Genie (1991)
1h 10m
Running Time
November 23, 1991Release Date
Bernard and the Genie (1991)
1h 10m
Running Time
November 23, 1991Release Date
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Plot.
Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
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Cast & Crew.
Lenny Henry
Josephus the Genie
John Gabriel
Wizard
Alan Cumming
Bernard Bottle
Rowan Atkinson
Charles Pinkworth
Denis Lill
Frank Kepple
Angela Clarke
Carrie
Beaux Bryant
Nurse
Kevin Allen
Kevin
Marcia Ashton
Miss Temple
Andrée Bernard
Judy
Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg
Trevor Laird
PC Parker
Gary Whelan
Officer
Janet Henfrey
Miss Purse
Bob Geldof
Himself
Paul Weiland
Director
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Bernard and the Genie is a 1991 British fantasy comedy-drama television film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Richard Curtis. Co-produced by Attaboy and Talkback for BBC Television, the film was first shown on BBC1 on 23 December 1991, with a single BBC repeat on 19 December 1993. A comic fantasy that takes its inspiration from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, it follows Alan Cumming as an art dealer who is not having a good day. Lenny Henry won the Radio Times TV Comedy Performance of the Year award for his portrayal of the Genie.