Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2005
Stars
Rowan Atkinson, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze, Tamsin Egerton, Toby Parkes, Liz Smith, Emilia Fox and more
Writers
Richard Russo and Niall Johnson
Director
Niall Johnson
Producers
Julia Palau and Matthew Payne
Company

The well-meaning but rather dull Reverend Walter Goodfellow, vicar of Little Wallop, spends all his energies on his sermons. As a result he fails to notice the unsuitability of his daughter's boyfriends, his son is struggling to make any friends at school and his wife conducting a half-hearted affair with her suave golf teacher Lance.

But everything changes when the Goodfellows get a sweet new housekeeper, Grace Hawkins. However, it soon transpires that in her spare time Grace is a psychopathic serial killer, and she is using her 'hobby' to rid the family of those causing them problems!

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Additional details

Tagline
Some family secrets are best kept... buried.
UK certificate
15
Duration
103 minutes
Box office
£1,356,345 in first week
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 13th February 2014 at 1:50am on C4
  • Wednesday 8th January 2014 at 9:00pm on Film4
  • Saturday 14th September 2013 at 9:00pm on Film4