The Ploughman's Lunch

As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.

• Richard EyreDirector
• Dominic MuldowneyOriginal Music Composer
• Ian McEwanWriter

• Jonathan PryceJames Penfield
• Tim CurryJeremy Hancock
• Rosemary HarrisAnn Barrington
• Frank FinlayMatthew Fox
• Charlie DoreSusan Barrington
• David de KeyserGold
• Bill PatersonLecturer
• Orlando WellsTom Fox
• Nat JackleyMr Penfield
• Pearl HackneyMrs Penfield
• Peter WalmsleyBob Tuckett
• Robert CartlandEditor