Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.
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Richard Kane
Alan
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Joolia Cappleman
April
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Jane Eyre
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Phil Davis
Kevin
Known for
Sherlock
Poldark
Simon Chandler
Nigel
Known for
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
House of the Dragon
Felicity Dean
Caroline
Known for
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Persuasion
Adam Norton
Giles
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Lytton's Diary
Diana
Graham Seed
Anthony
Known for
Band of Brothers
Wild Target
Catherine Hall
Samantha
Also in
Sapphire & Steel
A Christmas Carol
Geraldine James
Miss Hunt
Known for
Anne with an E
Sherlock Holmes
Sam Kelly
Mr Desmond Shakespeare
Known for
'Allo 'Allo!
Porridge
Jeffry Wickham
Francis
Known for
Ransom
Another Country
Souad Faress
Samya
Known for
The Sandman
The Spy
Mike Leigh Director · John Else Cinematographer Chris Lovett Editor
First release February 5, 1979 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 5, 1979
TV · BBC1 "Play for Today"
No release date listed for United States.
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