Finding the King's Speech
The King's Speech which goes on general release on Friday 7 January tells the story of King George VI's friendship with Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, who helped the monarch's debilitating stutter.
Nine weeks before filming started Lionel Logue's grandson, Mark, who had recently unearthed letters and diaries belonging to his ancestor in a relative's attic, got a call from the film's director asking if he and the actors could come and see the archive.
For them it was a revelation.
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Update, Wednesday 5 January: Here is my report for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ News bulletins.
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Comment number 1.
At 5th Jan 2011, Kit Green wrote:I hope the last shot of your report is not in the feature film (unless reframed) as that microphone is a bit disconcerting.
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