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.
Director
Mike Leigh
Production
British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, Film4 Productions
Cast
Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, Lesley Manville, David Bamber, Cheryl Prime, Judith Scott, Jason Watkins, Diane-Louise Jordan, Linda Beckett, Ali