The Ploughman's Lunch (1983) | Full Cast

Richard Eyre

DIRECTOR

Ian McEwan

WRITER

Jonathan Pryce

James Penfield

William Maxwell

Journalist

Paul Jesson

Journalist

Andy Rashleigh

Journalist

Christopher Fulford

Young Journalist

David Lyon

Newsreader

David de Keyser

Gold

Polly Abbott

Gold's Assistant

Tim Curry

Jeremy Hancock

Charlie Dore

Susan Barrington

Peter Walmsley

Bob Tuckett

Robert Cartland

Editor

Nat Jackley

Mr. Penfield

Pearl Hackney

Mrs. Penfield

Simon Stokes

Edward

Anna Wing

Woman at Poetry Reading

Ken Drury

Young Man at Poetry Reading

Richard Cottan

Student at Poetry Reading

Peter Birch

Barman

Bill Paterson

Lecturer

Ken Shorter

Squash Coach

Orlando Wells

Tom Fox

Rosemary Harris

Ann Barrington

Frank Finlay

Matthew Fox

Witold Schejbal

Jacek

Libba Davies

Betty

Sandra Voe

Carmen

Andrew Norton

Pete

Cecily Hobbs

Carol

Clare Sutcliffe

Jill

Robert McIntosh

Dad in Commercial

Vivienne Chandler

Mum in Commercial

Nicole Kleeman

Daughter in Commercial

Bernard Mullins

Son in Commercial

Allan Mitchell

Junior Minister

Lucien Morgan

Andrew(uncredited)

Guy Standeven

BBC Radio Journalist(uncredited)

Margaret Thatcher

Self(uncredited)