Martin Clunes balances his side turn in Wuthering Heights this month with another, very different rural English drama: an amiable West Country story of family brought together by real-ale-making.
After years away, young Cal returns to his Somerset village and struggles to reconnect with his family, as their small pub threatens to disappear without large and immediate funds. To survive, they decide to try brewing their own beer, and entering it into the national competition – while, hopefully, finding recovery from the past and new life together. The makers of Finding Your Feet and the Fisherman’s Friends films provide another unambitious but charming regional comedy, one that balances broad laughs, family drama, and a stirring underdog story. The story is buoyed no end by a great cast including Clunes, Mark Addy, and The Inbetweeners’ James Buckley.