Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years. The stories touch on homosexuality, single women making their way in life post-war and a housewife handling the less than welcome return of her husband.
Cast

Richard Briers
Herbert Brush

Sarah Parish
Maggie Joy Blunt

Lesley Sharp
Edie Rutherford

Ian McDiarmid
B. Charles

Mathew Horne
Davy

Michael Fassbender
B. Charles

Nickolas Grace
Jack
Sophie Stanton
Mrs. C

Jerome Willis
Old Man

Keir Charles
Grenadier Guard

Bob Cryer
Canadian

Rosie Ede
Maggie's Cousin
Charlotte Palmer
Mrs. Guest
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