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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
BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only

Credits

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

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