As well as relating a fascinating moment in history, I sense Alan Bennett is also discussing the wider issue of how anyone can through mental illness be deprived of their liberty and suffer mistreatment. Here, King George, perfectly played by Nigel Hawthorne, is taken away and subjected to a bullying treatment by Ian Holm, and whilst he does get better, it's probably that his physical symptoms went into remission.
Great cast features Rupert Graves, Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, John Wood, Amanda Donohoe, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adrian Scarborough ('Fortnum'), Julian Wadham (good as Pitt), Jim Carter, Geoffrey Palmer.
Beautifully shot by Andrew Dunn, with amazing production design (Ken Adam) and costumes (Mark Thompson) and well edited (Tariq Anwar).
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