“”Mr. Bean“,”Four weddings and a death“,”Bridget Jones“,”Notting Hill“And, and, and. Richard Curtis Was responsible for some British cult comedies and/or romances as a (co-) author. And his directorial debut in 2003 also made great waves: the wonderful episodic Christmas Romcom “Indeed … love“For many film fans (the author of these lines with locked up), has been part of the holiday program since then.

When Curtis took a seat on the director’s chair again six years later, it was much less successful. His tragicomedy “Radio Rock Revolution“With a production budget of around $ 50 million, only $ 36.6 million worldwide.

Fortunately, we got the full version in our cinemas at the time – which is now also running on TV: The RBB shows “Radio Rock Revolution” on June 5, 2025 from 8:15 p.m. without any advertising. And from the flop result in the cinema evaluation, you should never be put off here: Switching on is worth it!

That’s what “Radio Rock Revolution” is about

In the 1960s, the BBC in Great Britain held the undisputed monopoly when it comes to the broadcast of radio and music programs. Anyone who is on musical diversity away from the regulated mainstream program looks into the tube for a long time. But to meet this, pirate radio stations have made it their task to supply the masses with rock and pop songs from ships in international waters that do not run at the BBC.

Such a broadcaster is also Radio Rock, which of the eccentric quentin (Bill Nighy). One day its crew gets growth unexpectedly when Quentin’s godchild Carl (Tom Sturridge) after being thrown out of school onto the ship. In the middle of the free -spiritual crew around the rival DJs the Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and gavin (Rhys Ifans), but above all in the company of Quentin’s niece Marianne (Talulah Riley), Carl will soon feel at home. But on the British mainland, the government is already working hard to turn off the juice for the pirate channels once and for all …

Feel-good comedy with British All-Star-Cast

You don’t want to leave this ship anymore! Accompanied by snappy hits in music history and garnished with a lot of 60s nostalgia, the chaotic-shocked radio rock team spreads a (if not straight) with their cabal liage Such engaging good mood and anarcho atmosphere that you wanted to sail on the barge yourself. The fact that the figure ensemble works so well is of course thanks to Richard Curtis’ dialogues, which are sanded as usual.

In addition to “The Sandman” main actor Tom Sturridge at a young age, Oscar awards Philip Seymour Hoffman (“Capote”), “Actually … Love” scenery Ill Bill Nighy, “Notting Hill” fan favorite Rhys Ifans, Kult-Comedian and Future Series Hagrid Nick Frost (“Shaun of the Dead”) as well Kenneth Branagh (“Murder in the Orient Express”) and Emma Thompson (“Saving Mr. Banks”) the honor – to name just a few.

They all make “Radio Rock Revolution” a light -footed funhowever, in which it is not being swept under the table, with which, from today’s perspective, absurd headwinds had to deal with the pirate channels actually existing at the time. An exciting history hour, embedded in a colorful retro party for Mitsw (i) ngen!

And speaking out of dancing: What Hugh Grant still has to complain about in his most legendary scene from “actually … love” can be found in the following article:

“I knew that I would hate it”: Hugh Grant scolds one of the best “actually … love” scenes