Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually
Promotional poster for the American version (Laura Linney, featured on the poster, does not appear in the original UK broadcast).
Based on	Characters from Love Actually by Richard Curtis
Written by	Richard Curtis
Directed by	Richard Curtis Mat Whitecross
Starring	Hugh Grant Liam Neeson Colin Firth Andrew Lincoln Chiwetel Ejiofor Keira Knightley Martine McCutcheon Bill Nighy Thomas Sangster Lúcia Moniz Olivia Olson Marcus Brigstocke Rowan Atkinson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Fiona Neilson
Cinematography	Andrew Dunn
Editor	Marc Richardson
Running time	15 minutes
Original release
Release	24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)
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Red Nose Day Actually is a 2017 British romantic comedy television short promotional film, following a dozen of the characters from Richard Curtis' Christmas film Love Actually, as part of the fundraising event Red Nose Day 2017.^[1] Curtis returns with many of the film's cast members including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Andrew Lincoln, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy, Thomas Sangster, Lúcia Moniz, Olivia Olson, Marcus Brigstocke, and Rowan Atkinson.^[2]

The short film was first broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2017 as a part of Red Nose Day.

A slightly different version of the film, featuring Laura Linney reprising her role and Patrick Dempsey, was broadcast in the US on 25 May 2017.^[3]