17 Dec 1975
The Naked Civil Servant
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Secrets & Lies
Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Top Billed Cast
Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross Paul
Lesley Manville The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington Jane
Michele Austin Dionne
Ron Cook Stuart
Trevor Laird Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins Hortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCook Hortense's Nephew
Jane Mitchell Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah Junior Optician
Keylee Jade Flanders Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Terence Harvey First Bride's Father
Kate O'Malley Second Bride
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