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The Ploughman's Lunch
1983, May 30
1h 47m
As England begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.
Directed by
Richard Eyre
Written by
Ian McEwan
Tim Curry
Jeremy Hancock
Jonathan Pryce
James Penfield
Rosemary Harris
Ann Barrington
Bill Paterson
Lecturer
Christopher Fulford
Young Journalist
Frank Finlay
Matthew Fox
Orlando Wells
Tom Fox
Sandra Voe
Carmen
Andy Rashleigh
Journalist
Anna Wing
Woman at Poetry Reading
Peter Birch
Barman
Ken Drury
Young Man at Poetry Reading
David de Keyser
Gold
Pearl Hackney
Mrs Penfield
Clare Sutcliffe
Jill
Nat Jackley
Mr Penfield
Charlie Dore
Susan Barrington
Peter Walmsley
Bob Tuckett
Robert Cartland
Editor
David Lyon
Newsreader
Simon Stokes
Edward
Witold Schejbal
Jacek
William Maxwell
Journalist
Polly Abbott
Gold's Assistant
Ken Shorter
Squash Coach
Libba Davies
Betty
Andrew Norton
Pete
Cecily Hobbs
Carol
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