Not Only But Always is a British TV movie, originally screened on the Channel 4 network in the UK on 30 December 2004.
Description
Written and directed by playwright Terry Johnson, the film tells the story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely popular duo in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.
Focusing primarily on Cook, the film traces the pair from their first meeting through their career as part of the Beyond the Fringe review, their television series Not Only... But Also (from which the film takes its title) and various other projects before their later estrangement as Moore became a successful Hollywood film star and Cook remained in the UK. Although some events are fictionalised and condensed, and the film was criticised in some quarters for an unsympathetic portrayal of many of Cook's faults, it was generally well-received critically.
Cast
Rhys Ifans as Peter Cook
Aidan McArdle as Dudley Moore
Jodie Rimmer as Wendy Snowden
Camilla Power as Judy Huxtable
Daphne Cheung as Lin Chong
Jonathan Aris as Jonathan Miller
Alan Cox as Alan Bennett
Josephine Davison as Eleanor Bron
Awards
At the 2005 British Academy Television Awards, Not Only But Always was nominated for Best Single Drama, with Rhys Ifans winning the Best Actor for his portrayal of Peter Cook.