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The Story of a Boy's Hunger

2010•1h 36m•6.6/10
DramaComedyHistoryFamily

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6.6/10(260)

Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, especially when he remarries a woman who wins his heart with a lemon meringue pie. Nigel enters culinary school, starts working in a pub, and finds himself competing with his stepmother - both in the kitchen and for his father's attention.

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Production

Screen West Midlands, BBC Film, Ruby Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Freddie Highmore

Freddie Highmore

Nigel Slater

Ken Stott

Ken Stott

Dad

Victoria Hamilton

Victoria Hamilton

Mum

Oscar Kennedy

Oscar Kennedy

Young Nigel Slater

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Mrs Potter

Matthew McNulty

Matthew McNulty

Josh

Rob Jarvis

Rob Jarvis

Fishmonger

Selina Cadell

Selina Cadell

Ruby

Amy Marston

Amy Marston

Primary School Teacher

Marion Bailey

Marion Bailey

Mrs. Adams

Tracey Wilkinson

Tracey Wilkinson

Sheila

Clare Higgins

Clare Higgins

Mavis

Ben Aldridge

Ben Aldridge

Stuart

Sarah Middleton

Beany

Kia Pegg

Kia Pegg

Milk Girl

Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater

Chef

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