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Forty years, one love, countless cups of tea… Starring Academy Award® winner Jim Broadbent (Iris) and Academy Award® nominee Brenda Blethyn (Atonement) and based on the award-winning book by acclaimed author and illustrator Raymond Briggs (The Snowman), this beautifully hand-drawn, animated feature film tells the true story of the author's own parents – Ethel and Ernest – two ordinary Londoners living through a period of extraordinary events and immense social change. Heartwarming, humorous and bittersweet, Ethel & Ernest is a heartfelt and affection tribute to an ordinary couple and an extraordinary generation.
Original Release
10/15/2016
US Release
02/20/2018
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Brenda Blethyn | Ethel Briggs (voice) / Ethel Briggs |
Jim Broadbent | Ernest Briggs (voice) / Ernest Briggs |
Luke Treadaway | Raymond Briggs (voice) / Raymond Briggs |
Macready Massey | Teenage Raymond Briggs / Teenage Raymond (voice) |
Harry Collett | Young Raymond (voice) / Young Raymond Briggs |
Roger Allam | Middle Aged Doctor (voice) / 1930s Doctor |
June Brown | Ernest's Step Mother (voice) / Ernest's Stepmother |
Karyn Claydon | Jean (Raymond's wife) (voice) / Jean |
Simon Day | Alf (voice) / Alf |
Pam Ferris | Aunty Betty (voice) / Mrs Bennett / Mrs. Bennet / Aunty Betty |
Directors
Writers
Raymond Briggs, Roger Mainwood
Cast
Name | Character |
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Brenda Blethyn | Ethel Briggs (voice) / Ethel Briggs |
Jim Broadbent | Ernest Briggs (voice) / Ernest Briggs |
Luke Treadaway | Raymond Briggs (voice) / Raymond Briggs |
Macready Massey | Teenage Raymond Briggs / Teenage Raymond (voice) |
Harry Collett | Young Raymond (voice) / Young Raymond Briggs |
Roger Allam | Middle Aged Doctor (voice) / 1930s Doctor |
June Brown | Ernest's Step Mother (voice) / Ernest's Stepmother |
Karyn Claydon | Jean (Raymond's wife) (voice) / Jean |
Simon Day | Alf (voice) / Alf |
Pam Ferris | Aunty Betty (voice) / Mrs Bennett / Mrs. Bennet / Aunty Betty |
Gillian Hanna | Midwife / Aunty Flo (voice) / Aunty Flo |
Alex Jordan | Best Man / Fireman / Train Guard / Doctor (voice) / 1970s Doctor |
Virginia McKenna | Lady of the House (voice) / Lady of the House |
Peter Wight | Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice) / Detective Sergeant Burnley |
Duncan Wisbey | Wedding Photographer / Radio Announcer / BBC Newsreader / Newspaper Seller / Tailor / Arthur (voice) / Additional Characters |
Raymond Briggs | Self / Raymond Briggs (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Raymond Briggs | Executive Producer |
Adam Partridge | Executive Producer |
Jon Rennie | Executive Producer |
Robert Little | Executive Producer |
Natasha Abrahams | Producer |
Adam Bailey | Producer |
Jessica Bassett | Producer |
Camilla Deakin | Producer |
Ruth Fielding | Producer |
Stephan Roelants | Producer |