Rory Kinnear as Dave Fishwick is outstanding. Dave is a self-made millionaire selling second-hand vehicles. Second hand vehicle salesmen are notorious for skullduggery, which makes the story even more astonishing. Tales of hardship and negative banking experiences from people he knew personally had led them, inexorably, to loan sharks and financial horror-stories.

Dave decided to lend his money to people he knew. In brief, both sides were making personal commitments. Not paying loans back would be an act of betrayal. Trust is very powerful and few people let Dave down. Dave turned the ‘bank’ into a ‘community’ enterprise with profits distributed to good causes in Burnley.

Bank of Dave (1) is about Dave establishing his legitimacy. A wonderful story with Dave emerging heroically victorious. Bank of Dave (2) is Dave’s campaign against Payday Loans. Dave calls them loan sharks. A terrific side-story of British Payday Loan companies being front companies for New Jersey Mafia gangsters adds spice to the story.

Two wonderful witty feel-good films, which warm the heart. See them as a sequence. Recommended