A Royal Night Out. Image shows left to right: Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon), Margaret (Bel Powley). Credit: Lions Gate
A Royal Night Out

A Royal Night Out

  • 2015 film

Film based on the true story of how Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret sneaked out for a night. Stars Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Jack Reynor, Rupert Everett, Emily Watson and more.

A Royal Night Out. Image shows left to right: Margaret (Bel Powley), Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon). Credit: Lions Gate

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2015
Stars
Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Jack Reynor, Rupert Everett, Emily Watson, Roger Allam, Ruth Sheen, Jack Gordon and more
Writers
Trevor De Silva and Kevin Hood
Director
Julian Jarrold
Producers
Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Mark Woolley, Peter Watson, Thorsten Schumacher, Hugo Heppell, Peter Hampden, Zygi Kamasa and more
Company

VE Day, 1945. Across the world, people are celebrating the end of the war. London overflows with celebration and excess. Two teenage sisters are allowed out at night for the first time to join the party. They have an amazing adventure; it's like a first date. And they get back home far too late.

Home is Buckingham Palace. Our two teenagers are Princess Margaret and the future Queen of England, Elizabeth II.

Based on untold true events, A Royal Night Out is the heart-warming and charming tale of The Queen as you've never seen her before.

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Additional details

UK certificate
12A
Duration
97 minutes
UK release
Friday 15th May 2015
Produced
2014
Distributors

Lionsgate

Also known as
  • A Royal Night
  • Girls' Night Out (Working title)
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

All previous repeats
  • Saturday 20th April 2019 at 10:30pm on C5
  • Sunday 15th April 2018 at 2:45pm on C5
  • Tuesday 26th December 2017 at 5:15pm on C5

Recording details

  • Hull - Piccadilly/street locations
  • Princelet Street (Spitalfields) - Jack's mum's home
  • North Light Film Studios - Studios
  • Belvoir Castle and Chatsworth House - Buckingham Palace interiors
  • Trafalgar Square and The Mall