Meantime

A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.

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  Phil Daniels

  Mark
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  Tim Roth

  Colin
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  Pam Ferris

  Mavis
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  Gary Oldman

  Coxy
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  Marion Bailey

  Barbara
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  Alfred Molina

  John
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  Tilly Vosburgh

  Haley
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  Hepburn Graham

  Boyfriend
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  Peter Wight

  Estate Manager
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  Eileen Davies

  Unemployment Benefit Clerk