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An elderly Irishwoman searches for the son who was stolen from her by nuns 50 years ago. Sounds like a real weepie, right? That it’s nothing of the kind is thanks to Stephen Frears’ understated direction, the skilful script from Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and, most of all, the …

Early on in the career of Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan), porn baron, property billionaire and undisputed “King of Soho”, he falls afoul of the stuffy ’50s establishment. Not for compering a show filled with nearly naked girls, nor for the lion they are failing to tame, but because the girls …