Laura Henderson (Judi Dench), a fiercely rude and reactionary widow, took over a decrepit London theatre, the Windmill, and hired a Jewish manager-impresario, Vivian Van Damm (Bob Hoskins), to run it.
Update 1700 local time (1500 GMT): "Rude" - with a few expletives thrown in - was the frustrated judgement of one of the 25 British business leaders accompanying David Cameron on his trip, after one of the travelling journalists attempted to ask the prime minister yet another question about the hacking scandal back home.