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Episode 20

Hard Labour

1973
Romance, Comedy
TV Episode
1h 11m
Made-for-TV film by Mike Leigh; first of six of his contributions to the British anthology drama series "Play for Today".

Directed by:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)
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Writer:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)
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Starring:

Bernard Hill
Bernard-Hill
66 total credits
Credits include: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Titanic, The Scorpion King, Gothika and Valkyrie
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Ben Kingsley
Ben-Kingsley
124 total credits
Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji (Gujarati:કૃષ્ણા પંિડત ભાનજી); 31 December 1943) is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is best known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...(Wikipedia)
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Alison Steadman
Alison-Steadman
70 total credits
Credits include: Pride and Prejudice, Life Is Sweet, Topsy-Turvy, Clockwise and Better Man
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Liz Smith
Liz-Smith
22 total credits
Credits include: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, Keeping Mum, High Spirits and A Christmas Carol
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Clifford Kershaw
Clifford-Kershaw
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour and The Kiss of Death
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Polly Hemingway
Polly-Hemingway
2 total credits
Credits include: Fingersmith and Hard Labour
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Vanessa Harris
Vanessa-Harris
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour
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Alan Erasmus
Alan-Erasmus
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour
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Rowena Parr
Rowena-Parr
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour
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Genres:

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Hard Labour

1973
Romance, Comedy
TV Episode
1h 11m
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Ratings & Reviews

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02 Apr 2022
4
55th
"Has nobody not told you, Brian, that you've got this kind of gleeful preoccupation with the future? I wouldn't even mind, but you don't even have a fuckin' future, I don't have a future. Nobody has a future. The party's over." - Johnny, Naked
29 May 2017
68
32nd
Typical Leigh for the most part, with equal doses misery and humour (sometimes at once), though not as strong as his later efforts. The fleshing out of at least the main character isn't done til the very end, making me wonder if this could've done with an extra dozen or so minutes to expand on this. Look out for an early role from Ben Kingsley.
24 Dec 2013
55
22nd
That was depressing! O.o I appreciate the observations Leigh presents on his characters here, but occasionally I'm tempted to think this one is relentlessly grim and not a huge amount more.
19 Oct 2008
82
67th
This needs a lot more recognition than it deserves. This is 100% pure cinema people.
29 Jul 2026
60
43rd
04 May 2025
66
16th
20 Jul 2024
60
47th
09 Mar 2023
70
71st
02 Jan 2023
75
58th
08 Nov 2022
52
48th
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)
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Writer:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)
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Starring:

Bernard Hill
Bernard-Hill
66 total credits
Credits include: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Titanic, The Scorpion King, Gothika and Valkyrie
polygon
,
Ben Kingsley
Ben-Kingsley
124 total credits
Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji (Gujarati:કૃષ્ણા પંિડત ભાનજી); 31 December 1943) is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is best known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...(Wikipedia)
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,
Alison Steadman
Alison-Steadman
70 total credits
Credits include: Pride and Prejudice, Life Is Sweet, Topsy-Turvy, Clockwise and Better Man
polygon
,
Liz Smith
Liz-Smith
22 total credits
Credits include: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, Keeping Mum, High Spirits and A Christmas Carol
polygon
,
Clifford Kershaw
Clifford-Kershaw
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour and The Kiss of Death
polygon
,
Polly Hemingway
Polly-Hemingway
2 total credits
Credits include: Fingersmith and Hard Labour
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,
Vanessa Harris
Vanessa-Harris
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour
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,
Alan Erasmus
Alan-Erasmus
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour
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,
Rowena Parr
Rowena-Parr
1 total credit
Credits include: Hard Labour
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Genres:

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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