Ruth Jones stars in Â鶹Éç Four drama Hattie
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| 08:30 UK time, Monday, 17 January 2011
Perhaps most well-known as the straight talking, no-messin' Nessa from hit Â鶹Éç comedy Gavin & Stacey, Ruth Jones turns her hand to playing another formidable personality this week in new Â鶹Éç Four drama Hattie.
Ruth Jones as Hattie Jacques
Hattie tells the story of the tumultuous love life of Carry On star . Happily married to Dad's Army actor John Le Mesurier, Hattie was at the height of her popularity when she began an affair with her handsome young driver, John Schofield.
The drama features scenes that recreate the filming of in 1963, in which Hattie Jacques starred as the manager of an all-female minicab firm called GlamCabs.
It was during the filming of this seventh Carry On film that Jacques embarked on the affair. Despite the danger of a career-threatening scandal, when the film ended she couldn't bring herself to end the affair and Schofield moved into an attic room as a lodger in the family home.
Aidan Turner as John Schofield and Ruth Jones as Hattie Jacques
Welsh star Jones plays Hattie opposite Robert Bathurst, who portrays husband Le Mesurier, while Aidan Turner plays Schofield. Other cast members include Jeany Spark, Marcia Warren, Stephen Crichlow, Jay Simpson, Brian Pettifer and Lewis Macleod.
Hattie is on Â鶹Éç Four on Wednesday 19 January at 9pm, and then available on Â鶹Éç iPlayer for the subsequent seven days. Watch preview clips from the drama online now.
Robert Bathurst (John Le Mesurier), Lewis Macleod (Eamonn Andrews) and Ruth Jones (Hattie Jacques). All images: Â鶹Éç/Angel Eye Media Ltd
The programme is followed by the 1963 edition of This Is Your Life featuring Hattie Jacques. Plus, Ruth Jones is set to discuss her role on Â鶹Éç Radio 4's Woman's Hour on Wednesday 19 January.
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At 19th Jan 2011, Laura C - Â鶹Éç Wales Interactive wrote:Also, don't miss the great blog post by Seb Barwell, who jointly produced Hattie with Richard Osborne, on the Â鶹Éç TV Blog. In it he describes how Ruth was the perfect choice for the role of Hattie and, despite the tough filming schedule, how she "delivered a ravishing performance and, through her unflagging good cheer, helped make the frantic shoot a pleasure."
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