{{Use British English|date=September 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Fackham Hall | image = Fackham Hall poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Jim O'Hanlon | producer = {{plainlist| * Danny Perkins * Kris Thykier * Mila Cottray }} | writer = {{plainlist| * Steve Dawson<br /> Andrew Dawson<br /> Tim Inman * Jimmy Carr * Patrick Carr }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Thomasin McKenzie * Ben Radcliffe * Katherine Waterston * Emma Laird * Tom Goodman-Hill * Anna Maxwell Martin * Sue Johnston * Tom Felton * Damian Lewis }} | music = David Arnold<br>Oli Julian | cinematography = Philipp Blaubach | editing = Colin Fair | studio = {{Plainlist| * Elysian Film Group * Archery Pictures * Two & Two Pictures }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * Bleecker Street (United States) * Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) }} | released = {{Film date|2025|12|5|United States|2025|12|12|United Kingdom}} | runtime = 97 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2025 |title=''Fackham Hall'' (15) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/fackham-hall-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdmzodqz |access-date=5 November 2025 |website=BBFC |language=en}}</ref> | country = {{Plainlist| * United Kingdom * United States }} | language = English | budget = | gross = $4.8 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fackham Hall- Box Office and Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fackham-Hall-(2025-United-Kingdom)#tab=summary |access-date=December 17, 2025 |website=The Numbers}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl754286593/?ref_=bo_da_table_13|title=Fackham Hall (2025)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=December 17, 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Fackham Hall''''' is a 2025 period satirical comedy film set in 1930s England.<ref>{{cite news | last=D'Alessandro | first=Anthony | url=https://deadline.com/2025/10/fackham-hall-trailer-viewership-1236603922/ | title='Fackham Hall' Racks Up Record Trailer Traffic For Bleecker Street | work=Deadline Hollywood | date=October 31, 2025 | accessdate=November 1, 2025 }}</ref> It is directed by Jim O'Hanlon and co-written by Jimmy Carr, Patrick Carr, and the Dawson Brothers.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=9 November 2024 |title=Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe and Tom Felton Join Spoof Comedy 'Fackham Hall' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/fackham-hall-damian-lewis-ben-radcliffe-tom-felton-1236203119/ |work=Deadline |access-date=9 Nov 2024}}</ref> The film stars Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe, Katherine Waterston, Emma Laird, Tom Goodman-Hill, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sue Johnston, Tom Felton, and Damian Lewis.
''Fackham Hall'' was released in the United States by Bleecker Street on December 5, 2025, and in the United Kingdom by Entertainment Film Distributors on December 12, 2025.
==Plot== The Davenports have been owners of Fackham Hall for generations, but patriarch Lord Humphrey Davenport has no surviving male heir. The Davenports' younger daughter Poppy is due to marry her paternal first cousin, Archibald, which will keep the Hall in the family. Thief and orphan Eric Noone is given a message to deliver to Lord Davenport, but when he arrives he is presumed to be an applicant for a hall boy position and takes the job, forgetting about the letter. At the wedding between Poppy and Archibald, the vicar displays a habit of poorly timed punctuations in his sermons. Suddenly, Poppy flees the church, declaring her love for local manure salesman, Lionel. Lady Davenport pushes her other daughter Rose to marry Archibald, but she is repulsed by his chauvinistic manner and is instead attracted to Eric, and the two spend the night together.
Lord Davenport is found dead in the morning. Inspector Watt arrives and determines that one of the wedding guests in the house likely committed the crime. Eric is accused after he is discovered to have robbed Lord Davenport's desk, but he refuses to use Rose as his alibi. He is arrested and thrown in jail, while Rose reluctantly agrees to marry Archibald to save Fackham Hall.
In jail, Eric re-discovers the letter previously given to him and reads it, learning that he is the long-lost child of Lord Davenport's brother, thus a cousin of the Davenports and the rightful heir to Fackham Hall. He escapes confinement, intending to head to the church to stop Rose's wedding to Archibald, but is stopped by Mrs. McAllister, Fackham Hall's housekeeper, who reveals that she framed Eric for the murder. She was having an affair with Lord Davenport, and during an argument about him firing his manservant/illegitimate son and replacing him with Eric, Lord Davenport had accidentally been stabbed, shot, poisoned, and strangled. Inspector Watt overhears the confession and arrests Mrs. McAllister, and Eric reveals his true parentage. Though Archibald attempts to shoot his long-lost elder brother, he misses and is taken away, and Eric and Rose marry instead.
The epilogue reveals that Archibald tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head but missed; Poppy, breaking family tradition, married her second cousin after rejecting 22 grooms; Lady Davenport spent the rest of her life campaigning for the repealing of women's right to vote; the vicar died in a bunker in Berlin in April 1945; Eric and Rose went on honeymoon in Blackpool; and Lord Davenport remained dead.
==Cast== {{castlist|* Thomasin McKenzie as Rose Davenport * Hayley Mills as Narrator/Rose Davenport * Ben Radcliffe as Eric Noone/Nathaniel Davenport * Damian Lewis as Humphrey, Lord Davenport * Katherine Waterston as Prudence, Lady Davenport * Emma Laird as Poppy Davenport * Lizzie Hopley as Phyllis Davenport * Tom Felton as Archibald Davenport * Tom Goodman-Hill as Inspector Watt * Anna Maxwell Martin as Mrs Edna McAllister * Sue Johnston as Great Aunt Bonaparte * Jason Done as J. R. R. Tolkien * Tim McMullan as Cyril * Ramon Tikaram as Darvesh Khalid * John Thomson as Bill Bobaggins * Ian Bartholomew as Austin Blaine * Karen Henthorn as Sister Jude * Jimmy Carr as Vicar * Adam Woodward as Bert Chester * Nathan McMullen as Alexander * Erin Austen as Mary and Constance Bechdel * Lily Knight as Fifi Valentine * Magdalena Sverlander as Rose Seller * Laurie Ogden as Patricia * Paula Wharton as Mrs. Kitchen * Gemma Wardle as Gladys * Shaun Mason as Army Officer }}
==Production== ''Fackham Hall'' is a parody of traditional period dramas like ''Downton Abbey'' (2010) and ''Gosford Park'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|website=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=May 21, 2024|title= Jimmy Carr writes his first film, the Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall|first=Jay|last=Richardson|date=September 7, 2023|url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/news/7523/jimmy-carr-writes-first-film-fackham-hall/}}</ref> Comedian and screenwriter Jimmy Carr said ''Fackham Hall'' was a mashup of period drama and comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/news/7523/jimmy-carr-writes-first-film-fackham-hall/|title=Jimmy Carr writes his first film, the Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall|date=September 7, 2023|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
Principal photography began in Yorkshire in November 2024 and was completed in late 2024.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Calnan |first1=Ellie |title=2024 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/2024-film-and-high-end-tv-productions-shooting-in-the-uk-and-ireland-latest-updates/5189068.article |website=Screen Daily |publisher=Media Business Insight |language=en |date=7 November 2024}}</ref> Additional cast members announced were Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, and Tom Felton.<ref>{{cite Magaz<!---->ine |last1=Ritman |first1=Alex |title=Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe and Tom Felton Join Spoof Comedy ''Fackham Hall'' (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/fackham-hall-damian-lewis-ben-radcliffe-tom-felton-1236203119/ |magazine=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=7 November 2024}}</ref> Additional filming was done at Knowsley Hall in Liverpool, and Thornton Hough, Wirral.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paton |first1=Ryan |last2=Bona |first2=Emilia |title=Staff at venue used by film crew claim 'they've not been paid' |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/staff-venue-used-film-production-30836423 |access-date=6 November 2025 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=22 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fackham Hall (2025) Filming Locations: Where Was It Shot? - 4 Filming |url=https://4filming.com/fackham-hall-filming-locations-2025/ |access-date=6 November 2025 |date=1 November 2025}}</ref>
David Arnold was hired to compose two original songs and the score. Arnold also received a "music by" credit in the film, while Oli Julian is credited as a "composer".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reporter |first1=Film Music |title=Jim O'Hanlon's 'Fackham Hall' to Feature Music by David Arnold |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2025/12/04/jim-ohanlons-fackham-hall-to-feature-music-by-david-arnold |website=Film Music Reporter |access-date=5 December 2025 |language=en-US |date=4 December 2025}}</ref>
==Release== ''Fackham Hall'' was released in the United States by Bleecker Street on December 5, 2025,<ref>{{cite web |title=Fackham Hall - Official Red Band Trailer |url=https://www.ign.com/videos/fackham-hall-official-red-band-trailer |website=IGN |date=29 October 2025}}</ref> and in the United Kingdom by Entertainment Film Distributors on December 12.
==Critical reception== {{Metacritic breakdown|positive=5 |mixed=5 |negative=1}} {{RT prose|76||50|consensus=With a gleefully affectionate tone, ''Fackham Hall'' barrels through a dizzying amount of story and nonstop gags, occasionally overwhelming itself but ultimately winning out through its fearless comic spirit.|ref=y|access-date=December 18, 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|54|11|ref=yes|access-date=December 13, 2025}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|29008225}}
Category:2025 comedy films Category:2025 American films Category:2025 British films Category:American historical comedy films Category:British historical comedy films Category:Bleecker Street films Category:Anonymous Content films Category:Films set in country houses Category:Films shot in Liverpool Category:Films shot in Merseyside