Set against the turbulent mid 1980s of money, privatisation, unions and dramatic media evolution: A lifelong group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their savings into a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around.
Bob Hoskins
Jenny Agutter
Phil Davis
Vincent Regan
Calum MacNab
Emily Atack
Rita Tushingham
Dudley Sutton
Jason Maza
Kate Magowan
Terry Stone
Perry Benson
Lucy Drive
Montserrat Lombard
Rebecca Ferdinando
Adam Deacon
Tom Davis
Mark Harris
Linda Robson
Johnny Palmiero
Brian Croucher
Richard Blackwood
Joe Sims
Rupert Holliday-Evans
Linal Haft