In 1995 there was a British radio broadcast of Kind Hearts and Coronets on BBC7. It featured Michael Kitchen as Louis Mazzini and Harry Enfield as the various members of the D'Ascoyne family.

Kind Hearts and Coronets turned out to be one of Ealing Studios' most successful films. It ushered in a string of popular Ealing comedies that followed including The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951), and The Ladykillers (1955). Quirky comedies soon came to define the work that came out of Ealing until Michael Balcon lost control of the studio at the end of the decade.

Following the film's success, Alec Guinness embarked on a long fruitful relationship with the studio. He made five more films with Ealing and three more with director Robert Hamer, though none ever surpassed the success of Kind Hearts and Coronets.

by Andrea Passafiume