In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has still not recovered. Neither has Leslie.
Stephen Moore
Leslie Potter
Barbara Flynn
Monica Potter
Josephine Welcome
Fay
Andrew Downie
Hamish
Mikel Lambert
Elaine
1960
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2012
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2008
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2022
1925
2017
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2007
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2004
Terence Taplin
Group leader
James Hazeldine
Dennis Horncastle
Arwen Holm
Dora Horncastle
Gerard Ryder
Forcett
Denis Holmes
Mr. Potter
Cherry Morris
Mrs. Potter
Christopher Coll
Interviewer
Julian Fellowes
Jane Freeman
Knitting lady
Bernard Gallagher
Mr. Biffen
Julia McCarthy
Nun
Christine Ozanne
Mrs. Bone
John Salthouse
Bus conductor
Lloyd McGuire
Jazz enthusiast