High Hopes

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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  Mike Leigh
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  Heather Storr
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  Howard Arundel
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  David Carrigan
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  Dom Shaw
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  Marc Munden

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  Phil Davis
  Cyril Bender
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  Ruth Sheen
  Shirley
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  Edna Doré
  Mrs Bender
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  Philip Jackson
  Martin Burke
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  Heather Tobias
  Valerie
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  Lesley Manville
  Lætitia Boothe-Brain
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  David Bamber
  Rupert Boothe-Brain
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  Cheryl Prime
  Martin's Girlfriend
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  Judith Scott
  Suzi
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  Jason Watkins
  Wayne
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  Diane-Louise Jordan
  Chemist Shop Assistant
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  Linda Beckett
  Receptionist
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  Ali
  Baby