Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.
Written and directed by
Guy Jenkin
Cast
Rosemary Martin ... Janie
Emily Mortimer ... Emma
Jeff Rawle ... Derek
Patricia Hayes ... Ethel
Richard Wilson ... Bill Webster
Clive Russell ... Arthur
Brian Bovell ... Tim
Jimmy Gardner ... Dad
Andrew Barrow ... London Policeman
Stephen Moyer ... Olly
Lisa Palfrey ... Dr. Amy Clarke
Andy Hamilton ... Editor
Rachel Smith ... Secretary
James Fleet ... Prime Minister
Helena McCarthy ... Old Lady
Briony Glassco ... Director
Prunella Scales ... Shirley
Martin Clunes ... Minister of Defence
Laura Davenport ... MI5 Woman
Angus Deayton ... MI5 Man
Mark Spalding ... Thug
Andy Linden ... Thug
William Hoyland ... Peter Webster
William Arnold ... Boy with Bike
Mark Benton ... Antler Man
Denis Healey ... Himself (as Lord Healey)
Rob Brydon ... Cornish Policeman
Peter Sullivan ... Dr. Glanville (as Pete Sullivan)
Never released on DVD, transferred from VHS recording