John Bradley led Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint, a British Christmas comedy with Celia Imrie and Richard E. Grant, to its world premiere at Picturehouse Central.
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint, a British Christmas comedy starring John Bradley, held its world premiere at Picturehouse Central in the West End on Monday 2 November 2026. Celia Imrie, Richard E. Grant, Sophia Di Martino and Kiell Smith-Bynoe joined him on the red carpet.
Bradley plays Aubrey Flint, a reclusive painter of model soldiers with a lifelong hatred of Christmas. Imrie plays Gloria Lynn and Grant plays Mr Hopkins, with Adjoa Andoh and Karl Pilkington in the cast. Jim Broadbent appears as Charles Dickens.
Jack Spring directed the film from a screenplay by Chris Boyle-McQuarry. Shush Films and SUMS Film & Media produced it in association with Tyke Films, and filming began in October 2025.
Sentenced to community service at a struggling retirement home, Aubrey is drawn into directing the residents’ production of A Christmas Carol. When a property developer threatens the home, the show becomes a fight to save it.
The London evening came four days before the film opened exclusively in UK cinemas on Friday 6 November. Its own site lists question-and-answer screenings with Spring, Bradley and producer Andy Brunskill in York, Southampton and Brighton.