Les Miserables kicks off on Sunday 30 December on BBC One at 9pm. ‘I practiced and practiced and practiced but the thing with Les Mis is that it was real so that’s what we sounded like. It’s quite daunting because you’ve got 50 people watching you, filming you and you’ve just got this thing in your ear with the tune and you’re the only one singing. Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The Kings Speech) brings the epic stage musical to the big screen with stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne. I watched it and thought… I was going to be so much better, I thought my voice was going to be so much bigger. Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. ‘I had lots of vocal training for Les Mis but I didn’t improve as much as I thought I would.

It’s an age old story but it will still appeal.’ I can imagine myself not wanting to turn off and wanting to watch the next one.

‘It’s a gripping story with all the ingredients for something you are going to love. Ive watched this movie probably 20 times over the years on VHS and now its been several years and I found this - I cant thank you enough for posting such a nice clean print of it, Ill bookmark and watch again. It’s not a happy family and Cosette is left with them in good faith, but she gets treated like a slave.

Along with her husband, she is deeply unpleasant in every way. Olivia Colman (L) and Helena Bonham Carter (R) played Madame Thenardier (Picture: BBC/REX)

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