The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)

05/30/1983Drama1h 47m
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An age of deceit... A man of our times

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Jonathan Pryce

    James Penfield

  2. Cast 1

    Tim Curry

    Jeremy Hancock

  3. Cast 1

    Rosemary Harris

    Ann Barrington

  4. Cast 1

    Frank Finlay

    Matthew Fox

  5. Cast 1

    Charlie Dore

    Susan Barrington

  6. Cast 1

    David de Keyser

    Gold

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    Bill Paterson

    Lecturer

  8. Cast 1

    Orlando Wells

    Tom Fox

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    Nat Jackley

    Mr Penfield

With rumblings coming from the wires about some Argentine activity on the remote island of South Georgia and Margaret Thatcher’s first administration struggling to deal with the gloomy British economic outlook, jaded radio journalist “Penfield” (Jonathan Pryce) finds himself trying to stay motivated despite the fact that he hasn’t a penny to his name. In search of at least a degree of self-fulfilment, he decides to write a book all about the Franco-British invasion on the Suez Canal in 1956. He has an interest in the geo-political dynamics and history of those turbulent events, and so sets abo...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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