Lucky Jim
7.2
A rollicking adaptation of Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim stars Stephen Tompkinson as Jim Dixon, a luckless lecturer at a provincial British university, trying to make a splash with his pompous boss, Professor Neddy Welch (Robert Hardy). Jim is also trying to make it with the woman of his dreams, Christine Callaghan (Keeley Hawes, Othello and Wives and Daughters), while simultaneously being pursued by the woman of his nightmares, fellow lecturer Margaret Peel (Helen McCrory, Anna Karenina). One (of many) complications is that Christine is the girlfriend of Professor Welch's egotistical artist son, Bertrand. Another is that Margaret keeps attempting suicide to get Jim's attention. But despite his misadventures, Jim keeps his eyes on the prize: a leg up on the ladder to a professorship in medieval history.
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Stephen Tompkinson
Jim Dixon
Known for
The Long Shadow
DCI Banks
Robert Hardy
Professor Neddy Welch
Known for
The 10th Kingdom
Gulliver's Travels
Keeley Hawes
Christine Callaghan
Known for
Bodyguard
The Missing
Helen McCrory
Margaret Peel
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Penny Dreadful
Stephen Mangan
Bertrand Welch
Known for
Rush
Episodes
Penelope Wilton
Celia Welch
Known for
Downton Abbey
After Life
David Ryall
Stanley
Known for
City of Ember
Jack the Ripper
Anthony Calf
Cecil Goldsmith
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
Dracula
Hermione Norris
Carol Goldsmith
Known for
Luther
Spooks
Denis Lawson
Julius Gore-Urqhart
Known for
Star Wars
The Machine
Robert Wilfort
Evan Johns
Known for
Sex Education
Man Up
Hugh Parker
Beesley
Known for
Harrow
Space/Time
Robin Sheppard Director · Jack Rosenthal Writer Kingsley Amis Author
First release April 11, 2003 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Working Title Television
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 11, 2003
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No release date listed for United States.
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