Mike Leigh at the BBC - Criterion Channel
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- DirectorMike LeighStarsLiz SmithClifford KershawPolly HemingwayA quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsRoger SlomanAlison SteadmanAnthony O'DonnellA middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsAlison SteadmanTim SternJanine DuvitskiArguably the most famous edition of Play For Today, and one of the most beloved, as Mike Leigh directs a comedy of manners. Middle-class suburbia gets to reveal its darker side over the course of an increasingly uncomfortable drinks party.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsDavid ThrelfallJohn WheatleyKay AdsheadTrevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to her more forward friend Linda. Linda has a difficult time getting Trevor to go out with her, but she finally gets him to go to a disco; he won't dance, so Linda dances with Ronnie.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsRichard KaneJoolia CapplemanPhil DavisSlice-of-life look at class divisions among employees at a brokerage house.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsPhil DavisLesley ManvilleBrenda BlethynDick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsEric RichardLorraine BrunningKay StonhamThree postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsBrid BrennanDes McAleerPaula HamiltonA Catholic and a Protestant couple in Northern Ireland have amazing parallels in their lives, despite being either side of the divide.