
Accidents Happen
2009


“A family with a pint to prove.”
3 votes
A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.
Director
Nick MoorcroftWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies

Very much in the vein of the “Fisherman’s Friends” family dramas, this one brings handsome “Cal” (Jonno Davies) back to his English West Country home after three years absence. He had hit the big time as a singer-songwriter then absconded - pretty much without trace, and so his return isn’t universally welcomed. Just to add to his troubles, the now penniless musician discovers that his dad (Martin Clunes) and brother “Jake” (James Buckley) are presiding over a family pub that can’t even afford to pay for it’s beer supplies and the gloating “Pritchard” (Luke Treadaway) can’t wait to snap it up…
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