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A Fish Called Wanda

Comedy in which a con artist uses her charms to steal jewels from her gangster boyfriend, taking advantage of his henchman and a lawyer to realise her plan.

Offbeat black comedy in which a con artist uses her female charms to steal a stash of jewels from her gangster boyfriend, taking advantage of his henchman and a lawyer - with whom she later falls in love - to realise her cunning plan. The group's various criminal escapades are often complicated by the presence of a hapless mobster, whose mission to kill an elderly witness proves increasingly hard.

1 hour, 48 minutes

Last on

Sun 4 Feb 202401:00

Credits

RoleContributor
Archie LeachJohn Cleese
Wanda GershwitzJamie Lee Curtis
OttoKevin Kline
Ken PileMichael Palin
WendyMaria Aitken
George ThomasonTom Georgeson
Mrs CoadyPatricia Hayes
JudgeGeoffrey Palmer
PortiaCynthia Caylor
Customer in Jeweller'sMark Elwes
Manager of Jeweller'sNeville Phillips
Inspector MarvinPeter Jonfield
BartlettKen Campbell
WarderAl Ashton
LocksmithRoger Hume
DavidsonRoger Brierley
PercivalMichael Percival
Mr JohnsonJeremy Child
Clerk of CourtDavid Simeon
HutchisonStephen Fry
WriterJohn Cleese
ProducerMichael Shamberg
ComposerJohn Du Prez
DirectorCharles Crichton

Broadcasts

  • Wed 15 Jul 200922:45
  • Wed 15 Jul 200923:15
  • Fri 5 Feb 201023:45
  • Boxing Day 201000:25
  • Boxing Day 201001:10
  • Thu 31 May 201223:45
  • Fri 1 Jun 201200:15
  • Mon 4 Mar 201321:00
  • Sun 12 Apr 202022:30
  • Sun 12 Apr 202023:30
  • Fri 4 Jun 202123:45
  • Sat 5 Jun 202100:15
  • Sat 20 Nov 202100:25
  • Sun 13 Nov 202223:30
  • Wed 7 Dec 202200:20
  • Thu 8 Dec 202221:00
  • Thu 4 May 202321:00
  • Sat 3 Feb 202423:40
  • Sun 4 Feb 202401:00

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