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Fackham Hall (2025)

Fackham Hall (2025), directed by Jim O'Hanlon, starring Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston.

12/05/2025 BR Comedy 1h 37m

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Born to aristocracy. Bred for idiocy.

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A new servant embarks on an unlikely relationship with the youngest daughter of a prominent English family. Simultaneously, rivalries are spilling over in the Davenport family, led by the Lord and Lady as they also weather the epic failure of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.

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  • The highest rated of Jim O'Hanlon's 4 films here, at 6.7
  • Film 6 of 6 by Jim O'Hanlon in the catalogue

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  • Philipp BlaubachCinematography
  • Jim O'HanlonDirector
  • Colin FairEditing
  • Danny PerkinsProducer

About the film

Fackham Hall is a 2025 period satirical comedy film set in 1930s England. It is directed by Jim O'Hanlon and co-written by Jimmy Carr, Patrick Carr, and the Dawson Brothers. 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.

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Fackham Hall is a 2025 period satirical comedy film set in 1930s England. It is directed by Jim O'Hanlon and co-written by Jimmy Carr, Patrick Carr, and the Dawson Brothers. 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.

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Production

Fackham Hall is a parody of traditional period dramas like Downton Abbey (2010) and Gosford Park (2001). Comedian and screenwriter Jimmy Carr said Fackham Hall was a mashup of period drama and comedy.

Principal photography began in Yorkshire in November 2024 and was completed in late 2024. Additional cast members announced were Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, and Tom Felton. Additional filming was done at Knowsley Hall in Liverpool, and Thornton Hough, Wirral.

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".

Release

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.

It was released on HBO Max in the US on March 2, 2026, and immediately went to number one on the streaming service

Critical reception

Fackham Hall is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 74% of 62 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "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." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

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Fackham Hall at IMDb

Text from Fackham Hall on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fackham_Hall

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What is Fackham Hall about?

Fackham Hall: A new servant embarks on an unlikely relationship with the youngest daughter of a prominent English family. Simultaneously, rivalries are spilling over in the Davenport family, led by the Lord and Lady as they also weather the epic failure of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.

Who directed Fackham Hall?

Fackham Hall was directed by Jim O'Hanlon in 2025.

Who stars in Fackham Hall?

The cast of Fackham Hall includes Damian Lewis, Katherine Waterston, Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe and Tom Felton.

How long is Fackham Hall?

Fackham Hall runs for 97 minutes, or 1h37.

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