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Watch an exclu­sive clip from dystopi­an com­e­dy Set the Thames on Fire

11 Aug 2016

Words by David Jenkins

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Ben Charles Edwards’ debut fea­ture stars Noël Field­ing as you’ve nev­er seen him…

The fea­ture debut from British direc­tor Ben Charles Edwards, Set the Thames on Fire is a dark dystopi­an com­e­dy which fol­lows two boys through the depraved back­streets of East Lon­don. The twist­ed tale fea­tures The Mighty Boosh’s Noël Field­ing and Sadie Frost, the lat­ter hav­ing worked with Edwards on two of his pre­vi­ous award-win­ning shorts, Ani­mal Charm and Dot­ty. Take a look at this exclu­sive clip and let us know what you think @LWLies

Set the Thames on Fire is in cin­e­mas from 16 Sep­tem­ber, on demand from 19 Sep­tem­ber and on DVD from 26 Sep­tem­ber. There’s also an exclu­sive pre­view screen­ing on 14 Sep­tem­ber at Pic­ture­house Cen­tral with a Q&A fea­tur­ing direc­tor Ben Charles Edwards and stars Sal­ly Phillips, Sadie Frost, Lily Love­less, Max Ben­nett and Michael Winder. Tick­ets are avail­able at pic​ture​hous​es​.com

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