Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.
Cast
Richard Wilson
Bill Webster
Emily Mortimer
Emma
Stephen Moyer
Olly
Andy Hamilton
Editor
Jeff Rawle
Derek
Clive Russell
Arthur
James Fleet
Prime Minister
Prunella Scales
Shirley
Martin Clunes
Minister of Defence
Mark Benton
Antler Man
Rob Brydon
Cornish Policeman
Peter Sullivan
Dr. Glanville
Rosemary Martin
Janie
Patricia Hayes
Ethel
Brian Bovell
Tim
Jimmy Gardner
Dad
Lisa Palfrey
Dr. Amy Clarke
Briony Glassco
Director
Crew
Guy Jenkin
Director, Writer
Roy Sharman
Editor
Rex Maidment
Director of Photography
Stephen Woolfenden
First Assistant Director
David M. Thompson
Executive Producer
Denise O'Donoghue
Executive Producer
Jimmy Mulville
Producer
Graeme Story
Production Design
Sarah Trevis
Casting
Mary Selway
Casting
Jo Thompson
Costume Design
Marella Shearer
Makeup Artist
Matthew Scott
Original Music Composer
Heather Gibson
Art Direction