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Mother's Pride: Comedy Celebrates Pubs, Community, and Unity

3/7/2026

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Story summary

A new comedy film titled Mother's Pride, starring Martin Clunes (actor) and James Buckley (actor), was filmed in Norton St Philip, Somerset.
The story follows a grieving family who run the Drovers Arms pub and transform it by brewing real ale.
The real ale change helps unite a divided community.
Buckley described the film as 'a love letter to pubs and communities like that,' and the production highlights rural pubs.

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Story summary

A new comedy film titled Mother's Pride, starring Martin Clunes (actor) and James Buckley (actor), was filmed in Norton St Philip, Somerset.
The story follows a grieving family who run the Drovers Arms pub and transform it by brewing real ale.
The real ale change helps unite a divided community.
Buckley described the film as 'a love letter to pubs and communities like that,' and the production highlights rural pubs.