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By doing the daring shoot the squad hopes that they will raise the profile of the Hitchin Ladies rugby team pictured, a snap from last year's calendar 'Our club is a lot of fun and we like to play good rugby - hopefully people looking at the calendar will see that we like to have fun.

The film is quintessentially British, with any celebration of the characters and their spirit being tempered by self-deprecation and deadpan humour.

But they do have a number of similarities.

Helen Mirren and Julie Walters are perfectly cast, with the latter playing against type and impressing in the quieter, more sombre moments.