Take a Girl Like You 23 years old

Set in the 1950s, it follows the progress of twenty year old Jenny Bunn, as she moves from her family home in the North of England to a London suburb to teach primary school children. Jenny is a traditional Northern working-class girl whose striking good looks are in sharp contrast to her prosaic upbringing, and to her strong belief that a girl should preserve her virginity until her wedding night. Because of her attractiveness, Jenny's views on virginity and marriage cause conflicts. The film centres on the (increasingly desperate and cruel) attempts of Patrick Standish, a 30 year old schoolmaster at the local grammar school, to seduce Jenny, against a backdrop of his skirmishes with his school authorities and with the shabby, suburban middle class milieu in which the film is set.

Credits

Hugh Bonneville as Julian Ormerod

Sienna Guillory as Jenny Bunn

Emma Chambers as Martha Thompson

Amelia Warner as Shiela Torkingham

Leslie Phillips as Lord Archie Edgerstone

Marsha Fitzalan as Lady Dot Edgerstone

Take a Girl Like You Cast

Name	Character
Hugh Bonneville He was 37, now 60 years old	as Julian Ormerod
Sienna Guillory She was 25, now 49 years old	as Jenny Bunn
Emma Chambers She was 36, 53 years old when she died	as Martha Thompson
Amelia Warner She was 18, now 41 years old	as Shiela Torkingham
Leslie Phillips He was 76, now 99 years old	as Lord Archie Edgerstone
Marsha Fitzalan She was 47, now 71 years old	as Lady Dot Edgerstone
Rupert Graves He was 37, now 60 years old	as Patrick Standish
Robert Daws He was 41, now 64 years old	as Dick Thompson
Jeff Rawle He was 49, now 72 years old	as Mr. Charlton

Take a Girl Like You Crew

Name	Department
Nick Hurran as Director. He was 41 (now 65) years old	Directing
Kingsley Amis as Writer. He was 78 (73) years old when He died	Writing

Take a Girl Like You (23 years)

Release day: Sunday, November 26, 2000
Runtime: 162 minutes