Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add risqué burlesque acts similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

• Pathe
• BBC Film
• Judi Dench
• Bob Hoskins
• Will Young
• Christopher Guest
• Kelly Reilly
• Thelma Barlow
• Anna Brewster
• Rosalind Halstead