Fackham Hall

For anyone that’s not aware (where have you been?) – let’s go back to the beginning and talk about all things Fackham Hall.

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Meanwhile – let’s go to Fackham.

England….1931.

What is Fackham Hall?

Fackham Hall is the brainchild of Jimmy Carr (egged on by his younger brother, Patrick) and this blog is all about Jimmy, so you should know by now that he has the sense of humour of a 14 year old boy.

The movie is described as a kind of Downton Abbey comedy spoof, in the style of Airplane or Naked Gun (but with a Richard Curtis style love story running through it). It’s a love letter to the sort of the comedy that the writers adore.

If English is not your first language, then you may not have noticed that the title, if said in a kind of mockney accent, would sound something like “f**k ‘em all”. And so, we’re off to the races already, with a daft pun.

Plot synopsis

Eric Noone is a lovable pick-pocket and manages to get a job at an English Manor house, the home of Lord and Lady Davenport. The Davenports are trying to deal with the disaster of the “epic failure” of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin, Archibald.

Meanwhile, against the odds, Eric has managed to rise through the ranks – and has embarked on a forbidden romance with the younger daughter of the house, Rose Davenport. There is an unexpected murder and poor Eric runs out of luck, is framed…and has to try and prove his innocence.

The Idea

In the trailer released on November 7th 2025 (here) there is a flash of the film credits which say:

Based on an original idea by Jimmy Carr – Patrick Carr

Which equates to “the 2 brothers were bored during lockdown and decided to go off-piste and try their hand at scriptwriting”. Yes, this all started back in 2020.

The Writers

Jimmy Carr doesn’t really need an introduction – but, for background, he’s written: two books, has 25+ years of comedy tours under his belt, has co-written on numerous panel shows, featured in half a dozen films and worked in TV presenting / hosting / production etc. etc. – have a look at his Bio. This is his first time writing a film script.

Patrick Carr is Jimmy’s younger brother (see posts) and he’s been quietly building his resumé (see here and here) through both production and writing. He’s worked with Jimmy on a couple of BFQ episodes (as a writer) and now on this film.

The Dawson Brothers is, confusingly, the name of a trio of comedy writers: Steve and Andrew Dawson (who are actual brothers) and their childhood friend Tim Inman. They have a long list of credits (here) that they’ve been building on since 2007 and have written for shows by Lee Mack, Jonathan Ross, Rob Brydon etc. They probably first worked with Jimmy professionally around 2012, when they submitted material for 10 O’clock Live.

The Cast

There are a lot of recognisable faces in the cast – here are some of the main characters:

In relation to Nathan McMullen (re his role as “Alexander – Man servant”) – he’s the guy that is the kind of Koala Bear, wrapped around Lord Davenport and acting as his arms.

This “rogues gallery” (here) will give you an idea of some of the cast (if you’ve not already seen the trailers – which are all gathered on this post).

LYR 533 – that’s the registration plate on a red London bus, seen during the London film shoot. It turns out that it’s an RT3314 1951 London Transport bus that has been preserved and goes to events. The old girl is officially a cast member. Probably never been seen before with destinations or a route number quite like this.

Knowsley Hall / Croxteth Hall

Another star of the film is Fackham Hall itself – the impressive Knowsley Hall on Merseyside (see here) and some of the interior scenes were filmed in Croxteth Hall.

To read more about what was filmed at which site – see here. That story also details the various locations used for external shots / street scenes.

The Vicar

Jimmy plays a cameo role as a Vicar and Jim O’Hanlon said:

We actually had an Executive Producer who counted the number of jokes in an early cut and it came to a whopping 278 – everything from daft physical gags like the manservant who makes sure the Lord of the Manor doesn’t have to lift a finger (literally!), to the Vicar, played by Jimmy Carr, whose inability to follow basic punctuation provides some of the funniest sequences of the movie. So hopefully there’s something for everyone in there, whatever their taste in comedy

When he says “AN Executive Producer” I think he probably means Jimmy…

FYI – minor point – many Americans used the word “Priest” to describe this character. In this era, in England, we would have used Vicar, for what is essentially a Church of England role.

Production and Direction

For other roles relating to visual effect, camera, stunts, hair and make-up etc. – see IMDB.

The film is 97 minutes long.

VOD, DVD and Blu-ray

The film was released on VOD, DVD and Blu-ray (in America) in January 2026 and March 16th 2026 was the European (Region2) release date, for the discs.

The Blu-ray version (more here) features deleted scenes:

  • A Big Splash
  • A Broiled Oyster
  • Reviving Patricia
  • Amphetamines
  • Bollocks for Eyeballs
  • Have You Seen Bert? 
  • She’s Teasing You, Archie
  • Act Like an Object
  • His Balls are Exquisite
  • Kinky Sex
  • Pub Song
  • How to Murder People
  • There’s A Letter For You, Sir
  • Book of Manors
  • An Evening Stroll

US Blu-Ray cover

Region2 DVD cover

Blu-ray European cover

Timeline

Most recent first…

2026 09 26

Fackham is back in the UK DVD Top 100. See here.

2026 09 24

For 12 days Fackham has been in the UK and Ire Amazon Prime charts. See here.

2026 09 13 & 14

On the 13th Fackham was back on the UK / Ire Amazon Prime Charts at #4 in Movies / #10 Overall. On the 14th it then moved up to #2 in Movies and #4 Overall. Original post deleted and replaced with this one.

2026 08 10

It’s back in the UK DVD charts…JUST. Here

2026 July 14th

Official Charts data for the highest positions / number of weeks charted for both the DVD and Blu ray – see here.

2026 July 11th

Despite it being over 6 months since its initial release, Fackham is STILL doing well on the charts, for various streaming platforms. See here.

2026 May 19th

Some behind the scenes images from Erin Austen – here

2026 May 18th

B/w promo pic of Ben / Thomasin and a round up of the chart positions (still doing well). See here.

2026 April 20th

New update on chart positions – See here.

2026 March 30th

Three months after it first started to appear on charts for VOD rental or sales, streaming on subscription platforms and sales of DVD / Blu-ray – how is Fackham performing? See here.

2026 March 16th

To coincide with The Oscars some amusingly captioned promo images were posted. See here.

2026 March 15th

Region 2 DVDs (and Blu-ray) will be released on March 16th. See more here. Includes a quick round up on chart positions.

2026 March 9th

Update on 3rd week of Aus / NZ cinema box office, chart positions from several countries (VOD) and HBO release going straight to #1. See here.

2026 February 27th

Long post (here) updating on HBO Max release, chart positions (Apple, Amazon, Rakuten TV), box office updated and new figures for Aus & NZ, update from Legion M on strength of VOD sales. Still lots going on.

2026 February 20th

Released to cinemas in Australia / New Zealand on the 19th. Update on VOD / iTunes charts etc. – here

2026 February 13th

Thomasin McKenzie (Rose) has been interviewed by the NZ press, as a part of the build up to the Aus / NZ cinema release on February 19th. See here.

2026 February 12th

Promo video call published by Today Show Australia. One week to go before release down under. See here.

2026 February 9th

Jimmy has kicked off the Fackham media campaign down under with an Abc radio interview – see here.

2026 February 4th

News leaking out of Fackham DVD / Blu-ray releases (UK / Europe) in March – see here

2026 January 29th

“His balls are exquisite” deleted scene – see here.

2026 January 27th

Some clarification on “watch at home” update – see here

2026 January 26th

VOD now live on Amazon Prime UK – see here.

2026 January 22nd

Amazon UK is listing the movie as available, for £19.99, from January 26th 2026. See here.

A new round up of the Box Office info, from a number of sources, here.

2026 January 20th

US – DVD and Blu-ray are officially released (although they seem to have already been selling). Details here and also list of deleted scenes on Blu-ray discs.

2026 January 16th

Updated numbers on iTunes charts and box office takings – here

2026 January 15th

Post / clip re J.R.R. Tolkien in Fackham – here

2026 January 14th

New reviews, details of cinemas in UK / AUS, no update on VOD o/s of US, costume details, surprise for Danny baker. Read more here.

2026 January 6th

Fackham VOD update, a look at the viewing metrics, US DVD and Blu-ray releases and AI slop books on Amazon – here

2025 December 27th

The US can now use VOD to see Fackham Hall – plus a couple of new promos and a box office take update – here.

2025 December 24th

The weekend’s Box Office figures for UK/Ire are out – see here.

US numbers have not been updated this week – but it appears it started to show in some Russian cinemas on December 18th – see here.

2025 December 21st

Another Q&A session clip (Rob Brydon heckling the “hunk that plays the Vicar”) – here

2025 December 20th

Another clip from the Q&A session – here

2025 December 19th

On the 15th Jimmy did a Q&A at a cinema screening in Barnes. There are some images on here and a video clip was published on the 19th – here.

This post – here – relates to the US getting an Xmas Day VOD service, from Amazon.com. Also, an update on the Box Office / Rotten Tomatoes. Plus January 2026 cinema releases for Wales and Shetland.

2025 December 16th

Opening weekend figures for UK Box Office, total to date for US Box office and some info (from a podcast) as to whether it will move on to streaming. See here.

2025 December 12th

Now showing in UK Cinemas – go and see it!

2025 December 9th

A Fackham Hall UK website has now been launched – see here – and includes a search to help you find the closest cinema venue to you. Viewings start in 3 days!!

Fackham has an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score and this post also has a round up of the Box office take, IMDb etc.

A new clip of Archibald approaching Rose with a poem… See here.

2025 December 6th

A round up of some more reviews, interviews and lots more new clips – here

2025 December 4th

Fackham had its premiere in New York on the 2nd – see here

A short clip of Jimmy, chatting while dressed as the Vicar, can also be seen on that same link – here.

A new longer format clip of the shooting party scene – here.

2025 December 2nd

Two new videos released of new footage – see here.

2025 November 30th

Bleecker Street have put together a compilation of new, never seen before, footage – see here.

2025 November 28th

Just a brief Instagram post from Mr Carr. See here.

2025 November 26th

Round up of latest venues in US / UK, invitation to submit Q’s to Tom Felton and a video message from Jimmy. See here.

2025 November 24th

Round up of some updates on US / UK cinema release venues and a post from Jimmy, with a link to a reaction video. Read more here.

Interview with Jim O’Hanlon, Ben Radcliffe and Thomasin McKenzie – see here.

2025 November 22nd

US theaters listed now up to 561 and UK Vue will be showing. See here.

2025 November 21st

A film that hits your funny boner…new poster. Here.

2025 November 19th

Another new trailer – Meet the Davenports. See here.

2025 November 18th

Some US cinemas have early viewings on December 3rd. Read more here.

2025 November 16th

A longer version of the wedding of Archibald and Poppy. See here.

2025 November 14th

US ticket release is now ramping up and Legion M confirmed that “the more tickets that are sold” the more theatres it will then open in. Read more here.

2025 November 13th

A small venue in Sale, Manchester, England has put booking details on its website. More details – here. Plus the Manchester Arena (here) seems to be suggesting that they have a package of the movie plus the Laughs Funny show.

Movie Starr Cinema in Canvey Island says it’s Fackham is “coming soon“. I’ll keep checking back.

Another copy of the green band trailer (same footage) has been published, with Polish subtitles. See on the trailers post here.

Also see here for updates on US theatre releases and a watchlist for a New Zealand chain.

2025 November 12th

Another new version of a poster, from Bleecker Street Films. High class, balls deep. See here.

2025 November 9th

Few snippets of information about the worldwide buzz. Quotes from comedian friends. And a new poster. See here.

2025 November 7th

A brand new trailer has been released today – see here. It’s been added to the “trailers” page with the others – here.

And a post on X today, from Jimmy, has announced the UK release date as December 12th – see here.

2025 November 4th

Instagram posts from a couple of cast members, image of H.M.P. Fackham, TikTok clip of bus and vintage cars being filmed in a street scene. See More Fackham.

2025 November 3rd

On The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon a new clip of unseen footage was shown (here). Around the 5 minute mark is a longer version of Jimmy’s Vicar officiating the wedding of Archibald and Poppy.

2025 November 1st

I’ve just spotted Australia’s Palace Cinemas have added Fackham to their listing, with a November date. Read more here.

2025 October 31st

It was announced that views of the trailer was a record for Bleecker Street, with it being seen at LEAST 7.5m times in its first 24 hours. Read more here.

2025 October 29th

Deleted scenes list – here.

Which countries will Fackham Hall be released in – here.

2025 October 28th

Poster for the movie released – here.

The trailer has finally been released – see here. I’ve already found 3 different versions and all are in that post. The middle video is the “red band trailer” that was shown in US cinemas.

Let me know if you find any more footage!

2025 October 23rd to 25th

2 years on and now a LOT of press.

  • Legion M announced a co-Distribution deal with Bleecker Street – blog post here
  • Deadline wrote about the Legion M announcement
  • Teaser images started appearing – blog post here
  • Collider ran a story, with first look images – post here / as did Screen Rant
  • Fan Fun Damian Lewis posted an update – here

2025 September

Spinal Tap2 was released, in cinemas, on September 12th and X had a flurry of posts (couple in here) asking when they could watch…Fackham Hall?? It appears, out of the blue, that the red band trailer was shown before the movie, alongside one for the new Downton Abbey movie. It had all gone quiet and suddenly we’re on again.

Around the same time as this the release date of December 5th 2025 was announced – post here.

2025 June

Movie Insider updated their database to show the film as “completed and awaiting release by distributor” and Bleecker Street movies identified – post here.

2024 December 19th >>

It’s a wrap – but we’re not out of the woods yet. Stories emerged of a cash flow issue and The Daily Mail reported that, halfway through filming, backers had pulled out of the £5m movie. A new financier and distributors were found but, possibly due to it then being the Xmas / New Year period, it dragged on into January 2025

It was reported that Jimmy, Kris Thikier, Danny Perkins and Mila Cottray would take NO FEE.

2024 November 8th– casting update

Those early 2023 stories said that Hero Fiennes Tiffin would be taking the part of Eric Noone. Due to scheduling conflicts he had to drop out and was replaced by Ben Radcliffe. See Tellyvisions.

2024 November 7th to 14th – filming @ Thornton Hough, The Wirral

Lots of pictures here, from Alamy. Look out for the shop front of Tailor Swift.

X user posted a pic here.

Liverpool World and Chortle also reported that filming had started on the Wirral (Merseyside).

Fackham’s Fete…

In a story from Variety Jimmy was quoted:

Future generations of film students will mention ‘Fackham Hall’ in the same sentence as Merchant Ivory. And that sentence will be ‘Fackham Hall’ was an insult to Merchant Ivory.

2024 November 5th – filming in London

DaveThePapLpool took pictures in London. Can’t find his original post now – but did find a kind of repost of his work. Some London snaps – here.

2024 November 1st – production started

The Knowledge Online reported that production had started with film locations listed as including Leeds and Liverpool.

2023 September 7th

The first press stories started to appear:

Jimmy was quoted as saying:

The British film industry does two things very well. Period drama and comedy. Now we didn’t have time to write two movies, so we’ve had to mash the genres together… I’m just slightly worried that if you say Fackham Hall in a posh English accent it might be misconstrued, hopefully that won’t be a problem

2020

Yes, it took 5 long years to get to release!

During lockdowns Jimmy and his younger brother (Patrick) started talking about the idea of writing a Downton Abbey spoof…