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The Hippopotamus. Ted Wallace (Roger Allam)
The Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus

  • 2017 film

Adapted from the novel by Stephen Fry, about a disgraced poet investigating a series of miracle healings. Also features Roger Allam, Emily Berrington, Matthew Modine, Fiona Shaw, Tommy Knight and more.

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The Hippopotamus Q&A

The Hippopotamus. Ted Wallace (Roger Allam)

The Hippopotamus, the British comedy film based on the book by Stephen Fry, will be screening nationwide on the 28th May with a satellite Q&A with Fry (tickets here) live from Hay Festival. It's in cinemas everywhere on Friday 2nd June.

The film stars Roger Allam as Ted Wallace, a disgraced poet summoned to Lord and Lady Loganʼs country manor, Swafford Hall, to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings.

Here's the red band trailer, exclusive to BCG:

You can find out more about the film and its cast at hippothemovie.com

Roger Allam and director John Jencks have kindly agreed to answer questions from BCG readers about how they made the film.


This Q&A has now been posted. Read

Published: Thursday 4th May 2017

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