Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Comedy drama. A government scientist receives an almost impossible task from a sheik - to create a salmon-fishing paradise in the highlands of Yemen.
When Dr Alfred Jones, an advisor at the Department of Fisheries, receives an unsolicited email from Harriet Chetwode-Talbot regarding the aspirations of her very wealthy Yemeni client to create a salmon fishing paradise in his home country, he replies immediately, pointing out the obvious improbability of success.
However, when the unlikely project is given the green light from government, the pair have to find a way of making the impossible possible.
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Review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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The Strand on BBC World Service looks at Swedish director Lasse Hallström's film.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Harriet Chetwode-Talbot | Emily Blunt |
| Alfred Jones | Ewan McGregor |
| Patricia Maxwell | Kristin Scott Thomas |
| Sheikh Muhammed | Amr Waked |
| Robert Mayers | Tom Mison |
| Malcolm | Hamish Gray |
| Ashley | Catherine Steadman |
| Betty Burnside | Jill Baker |
| Mary Jones | Rachael Stirling |
| Brian Fleet | Hugh Simon |
| Bernard Sugden | Conleth Hill |
| Essad | Waleed Akhtar |
| Director | Lasse Hallstrom |
| Author | Paul Torday |
| Writer | Simon Beaufoy |
