A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

1h 4m
DramaRomance
2

It's the mid-nineties in London and a couple meet through a lonely hearts column. She is an middle class English married woman, he is an lonely Irish mechanic. Despite the gulf between them they start an affair.

Cast

Harriet Walter
Charlotte
Richard Hawley
Jim
Peter Davison
Robert
Colum Convey
Bernie
John Keegan
Aidan
Conleth Hill
Michael
Doreen Mantle
Mrs Norton
Kika Mirylees
Caroline
Bill French
John
Eamon Maguire
Jack McConville
Lesley Taylor Jones
Eileen
Joanna Wake
Landlady
Ray Nicholas
Crack Dealer
Emma Hill
Newscaster
Tony Lockwood
Football Commentator
Marianne Hemming
Woman Upstairs
Kevin Kibbey
Man Upstairs
Shane MacGowan
Self (the Pogues)

Crew

Angela Pope
Director
Ronan Bennett
Writer
David Gladwell
Editor
Gavin Finney
Cinematography
Belinda Allen
Producer
Trudie McCallum
Production Designer
Paul Minter
Costume Designer
Shane MacGowan
Music

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