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role as Mr Chips, but
made only 20 films in
a career dogged by
chronic asthma. In
tonight’s episode
of Discovering the
assembled critics talk
up Donat’s talents as
a character actor as
well as romantic lead.
He was also “the actor
who helped move
British cinema on to
the world stage,” says
Stephen Armstrong.Discovering
Sky Arts, 7pmDuring the 1930s the
actor Robert Donat
was referred to
as “British cinema’s one
undisputed romantic
man” for roles in films
such as The Count of
Monte Cristo (1934),
The 39 Steps (1935)
and Goodbye, Mr Chips
(1939). He won the best
actor Oscar for his leadas they navigate
lockdown, while also
trying to work out
how to keep his
businesses afloat. It’s
an emotional, worrying
time, but the ever
resourceful Kerridge
sees lockdown as an
opportunity for the
landlords to reboot
their business plans
while also finding
ways to serve their
communities.outbreak,” says Lotte,
one of the landlords of
the Prince Albert in
Stroud near Gloucester.
However, on March 20,
2020 the decision is
taken out of their hands
when lockdown is
announced and all
pubs are forced to close
until further notice.
It’s a devastating blow
for these last-chance
saloons. Kerridge stays
in touch with the pubsKerridge’s businesses
also in peril. When
coronavirus reaches
these shores, Kerridge
and the landlords he
has been supporting
face a moral dilemma
— keep trading or shut
up shop to help to
prevent the spread
of the virus? “If we
are open we are
encouraging people
to gather in a space
close to a confirmedBritain’s public houses
were already in dire
straits, with 12 closing
every week. Kerridge
had solid plans to help
the boozers he visited,
but with all of them in
the process of being
revamped or on the
verge of relaunching,
the pandemic struck.
The third and final
episode of this
exemplary series deals
with the fallout, withViewing Guide
Joe Clay
Saving Britain’s
Pubs with
Tom Kerridge
BBC Two, 8pm
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