Withnail and Us Channel 4 recently had a mini Bruce Robinson festival, where they screened Bruce's films and two documentaries, one called 'Withnail and Us', the other, 'The Peculiar World of Bruce Robinson'. The Withnail and Us documentary gathered together the cast and crew of 'Withnail & I', all except Richard Griffiths, and they talked about their experiences on the film, and why they thought is had endured so well for so long. They also spoke to fans of the film and showed snippets of the most quotable lines, as well as early student home movies filmed by Bruce. Bruce spoke of how the paranoid "I" character is based on him and his early days in a squalid shared house in London. The character of Withnail is based on a friend of his called Vivian, who would rant and rave about what a great actor he was, but never actually achieved anything. He also talked about casting the film and as usual, drank copius amounts of red wine, whilst smoking continuously. Some screen shots of Bruce's home movies, showing Bruce with friends Michael Feast and Vivian MacKerrell aka the REAL Withnail.