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Clive Coleman (born October 1961) is an English barrister turned journalist, who, from 2010 to 2020, has been the BBC News Legal Correspondent. He is also a playwright, film and sitcom writer.
It's a death he and his wife, played perfectly by Dame Helen Mirren, still won't talk about even as Kempton himself is desperate to express himself regarding the loss.
The Duke is a 2020 British comedy drama film directed by Roger Michell, with a screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. It is based on the true story of the 1961 theft of the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Francisco de Goya .
Directed by the late Roger Michell, and scripted by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, the film ascribes his wayward behaviour to the grief and guilt he felt about the death of his daughter,...
Apr 3, 2022 · The Duke stars Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren in a comedy about a crime that baffled a nation: the 1961 theft of a Goya painting from London’s National Gallery — by a 60-year-old pensioner.
- 2 min
- Luke Goodsell
Apr 20, 2022 · He mourns the bygone accidental death of their teenage daughter, for which he unaccountably blames himself, and in his ample free time, churns out reams of unproduced plays touching on his grief.
Jun 12, 2022 · Roger Michell's final fiction feature before his death, at 65, last year, is a gentle charmer that centres on the true and bizarre story of the 1961 theft of Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from London's National Gallery.
