Best friends Chris (Helen Mirren) and Annie (Julie Walters) are members of the Women's Institute. When Annie's husband dies of leukaemia, the friends are motivated to take action. So they decide to pose nude to raise money for charity. With Penelope Wilton.

Film Trivia

• A number of the real-life Calendar Girls make cameo appearances in this film.
• The Calendar Girls calendar outsold Britney Spears and Shania Twain calendars.
• After directing this movie Nigel Cole went on to direct Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet in the romantic comedy A Lot Like Love.
• Screenwriter Tim Firth started out writing episodes of The Bill and Minder.

If you like Calendar Girls, try these:

• Love Actually
• Notting Hill
• Beaches
• Under The Tuscan Sun