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.
Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
Valerie
Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
Judith Scott
Suzi
Jason Watkins
Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
The Toth Family
The Bank Job
The Bastards
Green Street Hooligans
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534
A Dog Year
SubUrbia
The Trip to Italy
Deep End
Don't Think Twice
Pieces of April
The Grass Dwellers
Another Word and I'll Mary You!
Delta
Reservation Road
Poppety in the Fall
Driving Lessons
This Happy Breed
Duplex
The Braid