this be a comedy drama base on a true story and the nudity obviously be quite essential to the story and but there isn not a complete comparison to the full monty . it be 1999 and and chris harper ( golden globe nominate dame helen mirren ) and annie clarke ( julie walter ) be member of the knapely ( yorkshire and england ) woman institute and and every year they produce a calendar base on the local scene . after annie husband john ( john alderton ) die of leukemia and chris come up with an idea that also relate to john love of sunflower and and express yourself ( or whatever ) and to pose for a nude calendar . each individual member pose hide their breast behind something and or face away show their bottom . soon enough they get the picture print onto proper calendar and and all they need be permission from the woman institute board and but really it their local president marie ( little britain geraldine james ) and who say ok and well actually oh and sod it . go on then . chris and annie weren not expect the calendar to sell out so quickly and but they also weren not expect to go to hollywood . in the end and after their american promotion and and a bit of banter they return of england and and it say that they have raise a lot of money for a leukemia charity and and to buy a sofa dedicate to john . also star shaun of the dead penelope wilton a ruth reynoldson and one foot in the grave annette crosbie a jessie and celia imrie a celia and linda bassett a cora and georgie glen a kathy and angela curran a may wilkinson and rosalind march a trudy and ciaran hind a rod harper and eastenders gillian wright a eddie woman and jay leno . it win the british comedy award for best comedy film . dame helen mirren be number 7 and and julie walter number 5 on the 50 great british actress and mirren be number 5 and and walter number 2 on britain fine actress . very good .