As England begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.
Jonathan Pryce
Tim Curry
Rosemary Harris
Frank Finlay
Charlie Dore
David de Keyser
Bill Paterson
Orlando Wells
Nat Jackley
Pearl Hackney
Peter Walmsley
Robert Cartland
Christopher Fulford
David Lyon
Simon Stokes
Witold Schejbal
William Maxwell
Andy Rashleigh
Polly Abbott
Anna Wing
Ken Drury
Richard Cottan
Peter Birch
Ken Shorter
Libba Davies
Sandra Voe
Andrew Norton
Cecily Hobbs
Clare Sutcliffe