Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw comedy ‘Misbehaviour’ now available on Britbox

The 1970s comedy Misbehaviour is now available to watch on Britbox.

Based on real events, the movie dramatises the incredible true story of activists who invaded the Miss World contest in London in 1970.

Starring Keira Knightley, Misbehaviour was released in the UK in 2020, but its US release was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fortunately, it’s has since been made available digitally to rent and is now available on Britbox!

Watch the trailer:

 

The stellar cast includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Jessie Buckley (Wicked Little Letters), Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine), Lesley Manville (Magpie Murders), Keeley Hawes (The Durrells, Spooks), Rhys Ifans (Berlin Station) and Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Bergerac).

According to the synopsis: “In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers.

“Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition.

“Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favourite but Miss Grenada, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.”

Misbehaviour is also available to rent on Amazon Prime Video.