"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
as Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
as Shirley
Edna Doré
as Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
as Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
as Valerie
Lesley Manville
as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber
as Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime
as Martin's Girlfriend
Judith Scott
as Suzi
Jason Watkins
as Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
as Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
as Receptionist
Ali
as Baby
Mike Leigh
Director
Writer
Steve Wheeler
Standby Property Master
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Tom Donald
Executive Producer
Camera Operator
Simon Fulford
Focus Puller
Graham Martyr
Clapper Loader
John Etherington
Grip
Billy McCarthy
Sound Mixer
George Richards
Boom Operator
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Hairdresser
Andrew Rothschild
Art Direction
Shirley Spriggs
Construction Buyer
Anthony Black
Wardrobe Supervisor
Debbie Scott
Wardrobe Assistant
Andrew McClelland
First Assistant Editor
Steve Evans
Assistant Editor
Peter Joly
Sound Editor
Paul Newson
Assistant Sound Editor
Chris Allies
Title Designer
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Caroline Hill
Production Manager
Sue Hayes
Unit Manager
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager
Howard Arundel
First Assistant Director
Marc Munden
Second Assistant Director
David Carrigan
Third Assistant Director
Dom Shaw
Assistant Director
Sue Whatmough
Casting Director
Britt Harrison
Production Coordinator
Claudine Aidenbaum
Producer's Assistant
John Paul Chapple
Production Executive
Graham Broadbent
Production Runner
Ted Read
Gaffer
Peter Lamb
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Bob Wilcox
Generator Operator
Vernon Connolly
Electrician
Barry Read
Dave Pearce
Construction Manager
Les Benson
Property Master
Eric Strange
Dressing Prop
Barry Arnold
Perry Bell
Painter
Colin Brooks
Robin Heinson
Standby Painter
Malcolm Roberts
Standby Carpenter
Tony Rubini
Standby Rigger
Colin Smith
Other
Lucy Bristow
Camera Trainee
Peter Murphy
Sound Assistant
Maddy Hall
John Sivers
Accounting Supervisor
Pat Howell
Production Accountant
Mike D'Silva
Accountant
Chris Streeter
Driver
Richard Booz
Transportation Captain
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Frank O'Connor
Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
Victor Glynn
Jon Gregory
Editor
Diana Charnley
Production Design
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design
Morag Ross
Makeup Artist