Driving Lessons

Fresh from helping Richard E Grant relive his childhood in Wah-Wah, Julie Walters now does the same for Mrs Brown scriptwriter Jeremy Brock, who has drawn on his formative years as a vicar’s son in the employ of legendary English actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft as the spur for his first foray behind the camera. As film pitches go, this one is about as accessible as, well, a young boy’s experiences growing up in colonial Swaziland. And unless you’ve spent some time either clearing up after a theatrical legend or doing Christian good works in leafy north London, the chances are there’ll be a barrier between you and the material that might seem too difficult to bother with.

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