Meantime

Synopsis

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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Cast

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  Phil Daniels
  Mark

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  Tim Roth
  Colin

• J

  Jeffrey Robert
  Frank

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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

• 

  Tilly Vosburgh
  Haley

• L

  Leila Bertrand
  Hayley's Friend

• 

  Hepburn Graham
  Boyfriend

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  Peter Wight
  Estate Manager

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  Eileen Davies
  Unemployment Benefit Clerk

• 

  Herbert Norville
  Man in Pub

• B

  Brian Hoskin
  Barman

• P

  Paul Daly
  Rusty