Tie-in to the forthcoming Fox/Sky comedy 'Saving Grace', starring Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes and Leslie Phillips. Set in a beautiful tiny town on the Cornish coast, this is the story of Grace (played by Brenda Blethyn), a cheery housewife and amateur horticulturist, who is rudely awakend from her complacency when her husband jumps out of a plane -- without a parachute, leaving her with enormous debts. Having tried all other options, Grace's gardener (Craig Ferguson) suggests a solution: by growing vast amounts of marijuana and selling it on to a drug baron, Grace can raise all the cash she needs to get out of her sticky situation. Saving Grace is similar to classic comedies such as Whisky Galore! and more modern classics such as Local Hero. It is, however, the different characters in the film, such as the local doctor played by Martin Clunes and the vicar played by Leslie Phillips, as well as a magnificent performance by Brenda Blethyn, that make the film so funny and memorable.
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Praise for the film: 'A spiritedly daft and droll gem of straight-faced lunacy, "Saving Grace" harvests a bumper crop of laughs...' Variety
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Tom McGregor has written film tie-ins for: Elizabeth, This Life, Hornblower, Oliver Twist, Cracker, Kavanagh QC and Shooting Fish.
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Unlike the movie of the same name, this book is the funniest page-turner that I've purchased in a long time. The story takes place in the English countryside where a widow finds herself penniless but with a huge pile of bills left by her husband. She is about to loose her house when she comes up with a plan along with her gardener, to grow pot in her greenhouse. She has a 'greenthumb' and therefore has no problem cultivating the 'stuff.' The book is about all the ups and downs as she grows it, tries to keep it hidden, tries to sell it and many other very funny events. The book has a 'twister' ending which would be a spoiler if I told you so I won't. I fully recommend this very comical account of a granny with money problems and the delightful town she lives in with all of it's very amusing characters.
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