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Tell It to the Bees

    Romance
    Drama
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Sep 9, 2018
Rated NR

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

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  • Vote Average
    7.6
  • Vote Count
    438
  • Popularity
    23
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    GB

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    • Cast

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    Anna Paquin
    Jean Markham
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    Holliday Grainger
    Lydia Weekes
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    Emun Elliott
    Robert Weekes
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    Steven Robertson
    Jim
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    Lauren Lyle
    Annie Stock
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    Gregor Selkirk
    Charlie Weekes
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    Kate Dickie
    Pam Stock
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    Billy Boyd
    Older Charlie (voice)
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    Euan Mason
    John
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    Zara Howell
    Chanting Girl 2
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    Violet Fluendy
    Chanting Girl 3
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    Kaidon McGrath
    Bully Boy
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    Liam Meghan
    Billy
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    Joanne Gallagher
    Mrs Bewick
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    Joni Samson
    Connie
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    Isaac Jenkins
    Tim
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    Farah Samson
    Iris
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    Leo Hoyte-Egan
    George
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    Sarah McCardie
    Mrs Robson
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    Alexa Snell
    Meg
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    Michael O'Connor
    Pete
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    Rebecca Hanssen
    Irene
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    Tori Burgess
    Young Rose
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    Kyle Fitzpatrick
    Rose Attacker 1
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    Ruaridh Mollica
    Rose Attacker 2
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    Craig O'Hara
    Rose Attacker 3
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    Ben Bradley
    Grocer
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    Declan Gemmell
    Jimmy
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    Penny Sharp
    Abortionist
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    Lauren Boyle

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    Reviews

    (1)
    beyondthecineramadome
    30%
    Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/kept-you-like-a-secret-tell-it-to-the-bees-review<a> Adapted from Fiona Shaw’s book of the same name, _Tell it to the Bees_ is a historical romance centering on a relationship between two women. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) is a new doctor in a town in Scotland in the 1950s. She begins a friendship with a woman named Lydia Weekes (Holliday Grainger) after Lydia’s son Charlie (Gregor Selkirk) develops a fascination with Jean’s bees. Lydia is married to an abusive man (Emun Elliott) and their marriage is falling apart. In Jean, Lydia and Charlie find a supportive and caring person to lean on.