Taking Hugh for Granted

The Lady and the Highwayman

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Stand and deliver your ears to another episode of Taking Hugh for Granted in which Oscar and Diggory pick apart one of Hugh Grant's early TV films, The Lady and the Highwayman (TV Movie, 1989). Hugh Grant is at his sexy, swashbuckling best, but is that enough to ensure this film hasn't been taking Hugh for granted? 

Synopsis: A young Panthea Vyne (played by Lysette Anthony) falls in love with a handsome highwayman (played by Hugh Grant) who saves her from her brutal husband. When Charles II (played by Michael York) is reinstated as King of England, Lady Panthea learns of a plot to root out and kill the masked vigilante highwayman known as ‘The Silver Blade’...

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For those of you that want to skip disclaimers, opening theme tunes, salutations, synopses and go straight to the film analysis, head to 03:49