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Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
Theatrical
Feb 24, 1989
Box Office
$1.2M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 23, 2009
Director
Producers
Tom Donald, Claudine Aidenbaum, Simon Channing Williams
Music
Studio
British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, Film4 Productions
Cast
Full credits →P
Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
R
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
E
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
P
Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
H
Heather Tobias
Valerie
L
Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
D
David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
C
Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
J
Judith Scott
Suzi
J
Jason Watkins
Wayne
D
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
L
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
