Judi Dench novel "Esio Trot" (1990), in which a retired bachelor falls in love with his widowed neighbour, played by Dench, who keeps a tortoise as a companion after the death of her husband, First broadcast on BBC One on New Year's Day 2015, it became one of the most-watched programmes of the week, and earned Dench her first Best Actress nomination at the 2016 International Emmy Awards. On her performance, "Telegraph"s Michael Hogan commented: "We've grown accustomed to seeing Dench in forbidding roles, but here, she recalled her footloose, flirtatious side, displayed in sitcoms as "A Fine Romance" and "As Time
UK Film Festival UK Film Festival The UK Film Festival, founded in 2011, is an annual film festival in London held every November. The festival aims to discover new filmmakers but always mixes established filmmakers into their screening programmes. Previous festival screenings have included films that have gone on to win Oscars including ""Ida," "The Broken Circle Breakdown," "Stutterer"" and ""The Phone Call"". Bafta winners include ""Operator"". They also hosted the film festival world premiere of Roald Dahl's "Esio Trot" with Dustin Hoffmann, Judi Dench and James Corden. They present awards for shorts, features, documentaries, animations, student shorts and music videos as well