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Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all
Original Release
02/24/1989
US Release
02/24/1989
Cast
Name | Character |
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Phil Davis | Cyril / Cyril Bender |
Ruth Sheen | Shirley |
Edna Dore | Mrs Bender |
Philip Jackson | Martin / Martin Burke |
Heather Tobias | Valerie |
Lesley Manville | Lætitia / Lætitia Boothe-Brain |
David Bamber | Rupert / Rupert Boothe-Brain |
Jason Watkins | Wayne |
Judith Scott | Suzi |
Cheryl Prime | Martin's Girlfriend |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Phil Davis | Cyril / Cyril Bender |
Ruth Sheen | Shirley |
Edna Dore | Mrs Bender |
Philip Jackson | Martin / Martin Burke |
Heather Tobias | Valerie |
Lesley Manville | Lætitia / Lætitia Boothe-Brain |
David Bamber | Rupert / Rupert Boothe-Brain |
Jason Watkins | Wayne |
Judith Scott | Suzi |
Cheryl Prime | Martin's Girlfriend |
Diane-Louise Jordan | Chemist Shop Assistant |
Linda Beckett | Receptionist |
Ali | Baby |
Aidan Harrington | Man in Street |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tom Donald | Executive Producer |
Simon Channing Williams | Producer |
Victor Glynn | Producer |