When farmer Ben Singleton (Ian Holm) faces a strike by the Transport and General Workers Union he decides to walk his 500 plumped up gaggle of geese to the Christmas Smithfield Market in London just as they did in medieval times. He persuades his wife (Penelope Wilton) daughter and two loyal workers to undertake the one hundred-mile trek to the Capital which becomes fraught with peril and humour. However by the time Singleton is only halfway there he has become a national hero something he has neither sort nor desired thanks to a film crew who are more content on telling... their own story rather than the truth. The screenplay by actor Brian Glover harks back affectionately to the Ealing Comedies of the 1940s and '50s with it's battle of the small man against the stupidity of the bureaucrats and the media. [show more]
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1980s comedy starring Ian Holm as a farmer who takes matters into his own hands. With the Transport and General Workers Union on strike, Ben Singleton (Holm) decides to take his 500 geese to market on foot, facing a 100-mile journey to London. Ben soon finds himself considered a hero in the eyes of the nation and the centre of media attention, with a news crew who are more interested in creating their own version of the event than reporting the facts. Will Ben overcome the various obstacles in his way and arrive in London in time for the Christmas market?
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