As we wait for Lesley Manville to return to our screens in spy thriller Winter of the Crow and the second season of Citadel, we've got just the movie for you to watch this weekend if you're not yet binging Christmas movies.
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris sees the star play Ada Harris who cleans houses for the rich, including Lady Dant (Anna Chancellor). It's while she's at Lady Dant's house that Mrs Harris spots a £500 Dior dress and decides she simply must have one.
Don't worry, she's not about to steal it. Instead, Mrs Harris scrimps and saves on her war-widow's pension to be able to travel to Paris, where she ends up socialising with Dior accountant André (Lucas Bravo) and renowned model Natasha (Alba Baptista).
If that sounds like just the watch for you, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is now available to watch for free on Channel 4's streaming service, following its airing last night on Film4.
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is also available to buy or rent right now from the likes of Prime Video and AppleTV if you don't watch your viewing to be interrupted by adverts.
Related: Ian McKellen and Lesley Manville's British thriller is on Prime Video
What to Read Next
The movie is based on the 1958 novel Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, and also stars Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Ellen Thomas, Jason Isaacs, Freddie Fox and Christian McKay.
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris stands at an impressive near-perfect 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing.
The Hollywood Reporter called the movie "enchanting", with Time Out praising Manville for "an effervescent performance that reminds us of her formidable comedic, as well as dramatic range".
It's not just the critics who were won over by Mrs Harris Goes to Paris as the movie also boasts an equally strong 93% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes from more than 1,000 ratings so far.
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is now available to watch for free on Channel 4's streaming service.
Love TV? Get your Christmas viewing sorted with the Good Housekeeping Christmas TV Guide, featuring 14 days of Christmas TV listings, plus everything you need for the ultimate festive viewing experience! Just £4.75 – available now at Morrisons, TG Jones and all other good magazine retailers.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
