You Can Choose Your Friends

You Can Choose Your Friends

2007 · 70 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children and grandchildren along gather to celebrate. For Ken and Margaret's children, it's a day to revisit childhood arguments and to paper over present-day fractures in their relationships.

Directed by Delyth Thomas · Written by Richard Herring

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Anton Rodgers Ken Snell
Julia McKenzie Margaret Snell
Richard Herring Ian Snell
Sarah-Jane Potts Chloe
Claire Skinner Jane Arden
Gordon Kennedy Pete Arden
Robert Daws Simon Snell
Rebecca Front Amanda Snell
Ruby Bentall Phoebe Snell
Eleanor Wyld Holly Arden
Tony Bignell Nick Arden
Richard Dean Mark Arden

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