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Honour, Profit and Pleasure is a 1985 British television film directed by Anna Ambrose and starring Simon Callow as George Frideric Handel, with an ensemble cast portraying a variety of other roles. It was broadcast to celebrate three hundredth anniversary of the year of the composer's birth in 1685. The film focuses on Handel's career in early Georgian London.
Original Release
06/01/1985
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Simon Callow | Handel / George Frideric Handel |
| Alan Devlin | Quin |
| Jean Rigby | Susannah Cibber |
| Christopher Benjamin | Heidegger |
| Bernard Hepton | The Bishop of London |
| Cyril Luckham | The Archbishop of Canterbury |
| T.P. McKenna | Swift |
| John Moffatt | Steele |
| James Villiers | Addison |
| Frederick Schiller | Waltz |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Simon Callow | Handel / George Frideric Handel |
| Alan Devlin | Quin |
| Jean Rigby | Susannah Cibber |
| Christopher Benjamin | Heidegger |
| Bernard Hepton | The Bishop of London |
| Cyril Luckham | The Archbishop of Canterbury |
| T.P. McKenna | Swift |
| John Moffatt | Steele |
| James Villiers | Addison |
| Frederick Schiller | Waltz |
| Jonathan Hyde | Aaron Hill |
| Chris Barrie | Pope |
| Hugh Grant | Burlington |
| Pauline Jameson | Dowager Countess |
| Miriam Margolyes | Elephant & Castle |
| Janet Henfrey | Hop-Pole |
| John Abineri | George I |
| Sebastian Abineri | George II |
| Suzy Aitchison | Mary Delaney |
| David Neal | Shrewsbury |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Michael Whyte | Executive Producer |
| Ann Skinner | Producer |
