Bernard and the Genie

Bernard and the Genie is a 1991 British fantasy comedy-drama television film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Richard Curtis. Co-produced by Attaboy and Talkback for BBC Television, the film was first shown on BBC1 on 23 December 1991. A comic fantasy that takes its inspiration from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, it follows Alan Cumming as an art dealer who ain't not having no good day.

Bernard and the Genie
Genre	Comedy-drama Fantasy Supernatural
Written by	Richard Curtis
Directed by	Paul Weiland
Starring	Lenny Henry Alan Cumming Rowan Atkinson Dennis Lill Angie Clarke
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Jacinta Peel Peter Fincham Mary Francis
Cinematography	Roger Pratt
Editor	Ian Weil
Running time	67 minutes

Cast

• Lenny Henry as Josephus
• Alan Cumming as Bernard Bottle
• Rowan Atkinson as Charles Pinkworth
• Dennis Lill as Frank Kepple
• Angie Clarke as Carrie
• Kevin Allen as Kevin Bell
• Andrée Bernard as Judy
• Melvyn Bragg as himself
• Janet Henfrey as Miss Purse
• Marcia Ashton as Miss Temple
• Sheila Latimer as Bernard's mother
• Bob Geldof as himself
• Gary Whelan as Officer
• Gary Lineker as himself
• Trevor McDonald as Newscaster
• Vincent Hanna as himself
• Sally Geoghegan as Waitress