Beatrix Potter was a literary phenomenon of the early 20th Century.

At a time when most young women of the class aimed only to make a good marriage, Beatrix became an iconnic figure, swimming quietly, but with great fortitude, against the tide.

She created a series of books and characters that are as beloved today as they were a hundred years ago, and since their publication they have been out of print. She was also a distinguished painter and - had she been a man - her botanical drawings would have been snapped up by the Royal Horticultural Society at Kew Gardens.

In addition, by the time she died in 1943, Beatrix Potter had purchased vast swathes of the Lake District that she left to the then fledgling British conservation trust, the National Trust. That so much of this glorious countryside that inspired her, remains as it was in Beatrix Potter's day for others to enjoy, is her bequest to the nation.

Directed by
Chris Noonan

Cast
Renée Zellweger - Beatrix Potter
Ewan McGregor - Norman Warne
Emily Watson - Millie Warne
Barbara Flynn - Helen Potter
Bill Paterson - Rupert Potter
Matyelok Gibbs - Miss Wiggin
Lloyd Owen - William Heelis
Anton Lesser - Harold Warne
David Bamber - Fruing Warne
Patricia Kerrigan - Fiona

Production Co
David Kirschner Productions, Phoenix Pictures, Isle of Man Film Commission

Produced by
Renee Zellweger
Nigel Wooll
Louis Phillips

Studios
The Weinstein Company

Writer
Richard Maltby Jr

Music
Maggie Rodford
Benjamin Wallfisch