17 Feb 1983
Local Hero
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Heartless
Comedy drama about a vain barrister who undergoes a personality change after having a heart transplant. Believing that this could be linked to the character of the donor, he travels to a village in Scotland to find out more about him, and there falls for the man's widow.
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Simone Lahbib Amanda MacNaughton
Angus Deayton Harry Holland
Sally Hurst Rebecca Wootton-Fitzpaine
Priyanga Burford Laura
Clive Russell Ricy
William McBain Benny
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