Charlie and "The Dig", 4 December | Event in Ipswich | AllEvents

Charlie and "The Dig"

University of Suffolk

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Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm

3 hours

The Hold - Ipswich home of Suffolk Archives

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Date & Location

Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm (GMT+00:00)

The Hold - Ipswich home of Suffolk Archives

131 Fore Street, Ipswich, United Kingdom

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About the event

Charlie and "The Dig"
We are delighted to host the last ever Charlie Haylock Lecture, 'Charlie and "The Dig"' before Charlie's retirement.

About this Event

Charlie Haylock is a spoken English historian and author of "In a Manner of Speaking" and best-selling author including, "Sloightly on th' Huh", an affectionate look at Suffolk.

Charlie and "The Dig"

This is an intriguing and sometimes hilarious look behind-the-scenes in the making of the Netflix film "The Dig" . . . a film based on a novel with the same title about the famous Sutton Hoo burial ship and the people involved.

Charlie will explain how a potential "scam" email from "The Dig" producer, turned out to be real, and was followed by a phone call from Ralph Fiennes.

Charlie will show how Ralph Fiennes, who played Basil Brown, and the other "Suffolk" actors learnt their Suffolk accent . . . and went to great lengths not sound like West Country pirates!

Charlie also includes a dialect tour of the British Isles showing how a deaf person can lip read and tell what dialect it is . . . and one of the reasons why he was selected to be Ralph's dialect coach.

Charlie will also explain the detailed and extreme lengths Ralph Fiennes took, not only to play the part of Basil Brown . . . but to actually become Basil Brown as well.

The talk is both very informative and entertaining

For enquiries, please contact ZXZlbnRzYW5kY29uZmVyZW5jaW5nIHwgdW9zICEgYWMgISB1aw==



Parking

Guests can park in the main University Car Park, Long Street, IP4 1LQ from 4.30pm-9.00pm. Guests must pay £2.00 to park either via the machines in the car park or the RingGo app.

Please do not park in The Hold car park, as you will receive a PCN.


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Charlie and "The Dig", 4 December | Event in Ipswich | AllEvents
Charlie and "The Dig"
Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm
Free