High Hopes (1989)
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.
Watch nowComedy, Drama
Cast
- Phil Davis — Cyril Bender
- Ruth Sheen — Shirley
- Edna Doré — Mrs Bender
- Philip Jackson — Martin Burke
- Heather Tobias — Valerie
- Lesley Manville — Lætitia Boothe-Brain
- David Bamber — Rupert Boothe-Brain
- Cheryl Prime — Martin's Girlfriend
- Judith Scott — Suzi
- Jason Watkins — Wayne
- Diane-Louise Jordan — Chemist Shop Assistant
- Linda Beckett — Receptionist
Where to watch High Hopes
Criterion Channel
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