Beautiful People
War
Comedy
Drama
A comic collision of chaos and coincidence
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.
1999-09-16
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Cast
Charlotte Coleman as Portia Thornton
Charles Kay as George Thornton
Rosalind Ayres as Nora Thornton
Julian Firth as Edward Thornton
Edward Jewesbury as Joseph Thornton
Nicholas Farrell as Dr Mouldy
Roger Sloman as Roger Midge
Heather Tobias as Felicity Midge
Faruk Pruti as Croat
Dado Jehan as Serb
Linda Bassett as Sister
Sharon D. Clarke as Nurse Tina
Siobhan Redmond as Kate Higgins
Gilbert Martin as Jerry Higgins
Melee Hutton as Mrs Mouldy
Jonny Phillips as Brian North
Steve Sweeney as Jim
Jay Simpson as Bigsy
Louise Breckon-Richards as Policewoman
Nicholas McGaughey as Welshman
Annette Badland as Psychologist
Antony Carrick as Retired Tory MP