100 Things we learned from film

Episode 176 - Burke and Hare


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This week its week two of S*** Show month with the utterly guff Historic British Comedy Burke and Hare.

Join us as we talk ending John Landis' Career, one of the best British casts of any film, The true story behind the film and Edinburgh Castle's secrets!

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Burke & Hare is a 2010 British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders of 1828. Directed by John Landis from an original screenplay by Nick Moorcroft and Piers Ashworth, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively. It was Landis's first feature film release in 12 years, the last being 1998's Susan's Plan. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2010

Cast:

Simon Pegg as William Burke

Andy Serkis as William Hare

Isla Fisher as Ginny Hawkins

Tom Wilkinson as Dr Robert Knox

Tim Curry as Prof. Alexander Monro

Jessica Hynes as Lucky

Bill Bailey as Angus the Hangman

Hugh Bonneville as Lord Harrington

Allan Corduner as Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Simon Farnaby as William Wordsworth

David Hayman as Danny McTavish

David Schofield as Fergus

Ronnie Corbett as Capt. Tom McLintock

Reece Shearsmith as Sgt. McKenzie

Christian Brassington as Charles

Michael Smiley as Patterson

Christopher Lee as Old Joseph

Jenny Agutter as Lucy

Georgia King as Emma

John Woodvine as Lord Provost

Steven Spiers as McMartin's doorman

Stephen Merchant as Holyrood Footman

Paul Whitehouse as Gentleman drunk

Michael Winner as Gentleman passenger

Max Landis as Handsome coachman

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