Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
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Michael Maloney as Joe
Richard Briers as Henry
Joan Collins as Margaretta
Nicholas Farrell as Tom Newman
Julia Sawalha as Nina
Celia Imrie as Fadge
John Sessions as Terry Du Bois
Jennifer Saunders as Nancy
Gerard Horan as Carnforth
Mark Hadfield as Vernon Spatch
Hetta Charnley as Molly
Adrian Scarborough as Young actor
Brian Pettifer as Ventriloquist
Patrick Doyle as Scotsman
Shaun Prendergast as Mule Train Man
Allie Byrne as Tap Dancer
Katy Carmichael as Mad Puppet Woman
Ann Davies as Mrs Branch
James D. White as Tim
Robert Hines as Mortimer
Edward Jewesbury as Nina's Father
Carol Starks as Audience Member
Jessica Manley as Audience Member
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