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Kind Hearts And Coronets. The General D'Ascoyne (Alec Guinness). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Ealing Studios
Classic Movies: The Story Of Kind Hearts And Coronets

Classic Movies: The Story Of Kind Hearts And Coronets

  • TV documentary
  • Sky Arts
  • 2025
  • 1 episode

An examination of the classic Ealing comedy.

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Kind Hearts And Coronets. Image shows from L to R: Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price), Edith (Valerie Hobson). Copyright: Ealing Studios

Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2025
Channel
Sky Arts
Episodes
1
Company

The 1949 British black comedy regarded as a cinematic masterpiece. A crime story, it sees Alec Guinness playing eight characters, alongside co-stars Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood and Valerie Hobson. The plot focuses on a vengeful man attempt to secure the family's dukedom by murdering the eight people ahead of him in the line of succession to the title.

Additional details

Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 8th May 2025 at 8pm on Sky Arts
Episode length
1 hour
All previous repeats
  • Sunday 11th May 2025 at 9:00pm on Sky Arts
  • Saturday 10th May 2025 at 2:50pm on Sky Arts

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