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Billy Connolly and Tom Courtenay on their new film and why Dame Maggie Smith does a good Glaswegian accent

Billy Connolly and Tom Courtenay joined Charlie and Louise to talk about the challenges of playing the parts of opera singers in their new film, 鈥楺uartet鈥�

Also starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon and Pauline Collins, 鈥楺uartet鈥� is Dustin Hoffman鈥檚 directorial debut.

It is the tale of four opera singers in a retirement home for musicians, coming together to perform to rescue the future of the home.

Quartet is released on January 1.

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