High Hopes 1989

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• 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

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