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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
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2013
 90 minutes (1 hrs 30 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Declan Lowney

Starring

Colm Meaney · Steve Coogan · Tim Key · Karl Theobald · Nigel Lindsay · Felicity Montagu

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 4th April 2014
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release: 7th August 2013
Ireland release date Ireland release: 7th August 2013

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 9th Aug '13
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £2.2 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 4th Apr '14
  • Debut position: 67
  • Highest position: 54
  • Debut gross: $12.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

9 Aug, 2013
1
16 Aug, 2013
7
23 Aug, 2013
13

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

G

12

M

K-12

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £6.2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $153.1 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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The Lost King is given a 12 age rating in the UK for infrequent strong language, discrimination

25th August 2022

Based around the true story from 2012 when the bones of Richard III where discovered in a carpark in Leicester, The Lost King has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for infrequent strong language, discrimination

The movie stars Sally Hawkins who was recently seen in the Oscar nominated Spencer and also played Mary Brown in Paddington and Paddington 2, it also stars Steve Coogan (who also wrote it) of Alan Partridge fame for which a movie was made in 2013, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.

The movie is directed by veteran british director Stephen Frears who has directed classics such as My Beautiful Laundrette and The Queen.

Movie Synopsis

Philippa Langley is a writer who finds herself suffering a midlife malaise after a divorce and some health challenges. She happens upon the Richard III Society, a group of amateur historians bent on rehabilitating the damaged reputation of Richard, and soon becomes obsessed with finding his long-lost remains.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: The Lost King
  • BBFC age rating: 12 Certificate
  • Reason: infrequent strong language, discrimination
  • Release date: 7th October 2022
  • Runtime: 108 minutes (1 hour 48 minutes)
  • Directed by:
    • Stephen Frears
  • Starring:
    • Sally Hawkins
    • Steve Coogan
    • Harry Lloyd

BBFC movie page