75 minutes
10/3/2005
Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years. The stories touch on homosexuality, single women making their way in life post-war and a housewife handling the less than welcome return of her husband.
Richard Briers
as Herbert Brush
Sarah Parish
as Maggie Joy Blunt
Lesley Sharp
as Edie Rutherford
Ian McDiarmid
as B. Charles
Mathew Horne
as Davy
Michael Fassbender
as B. Charles
Nickolas Grace
as Jack
Sophie Stanton
as Mrs. C
Jerome Willis
as Old Man
Keir Charles
as Grenadier Guard
Bob Cryer
as Canadian
Rosie Ede
as Maggie's Cousin