The Ploughman's Lunch

An age of deceit... A man of our times

The Ploughman's Lunch

Drama|

5/10

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.

Jonathan Pryce

Tim Curry

Rosemary Harris

Frank Finlay

Charlie Dore

David de Keyser

Bill Paterson

Orlando Wells

Nat Jackley

Pearl Hackney

Peter Walmsley

Robert Cartland

Christopher Fulford

David Lyon

Simon Stokes

Witold Schejbal

William Maxwell

Andy Rashleigh

Polly Abbott

Anna Wing

Ken Drury

Richard Cottan

Peter Birch

Ken Shorter

Libba Davies

Sandra Voe

Andrew Norton

Cecily Hobbs

Clare Sutcliffe