Business as Usual
Business as Usual

Business as Usual

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1987
1h 29m
6.0(1 votes)
Drama

Overview

After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice of her father and joins his son, a left-wing organizer, and takes her plight to the union.

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Channel Four Films

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Cast & Crew

37 members
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Glenda Jackson

Babs Flynn

Glenda Jackson
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John Thaw

Kieran Flynn

John Thaw
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Cathy Tyson

Josie Patterson

Cathy Tyson
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Mark McGann

Stevie Flynn

Mark McGann
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Eamon Boland

Mr. Barry

Eamon Boland
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James Hazeldine

Mark

James Hazeldine
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Buki Armstrong

Paula Douglas

Buki Armstrong
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Stephen McGann

Terry Flynn

Stephen McGann
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Philip Foster

Tim Flynn

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Natalie Duffy

Rosa

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Jack Carr

Brian Lewis

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Mel Martin

Joan Sankey

Mel Martin
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Michelle Byatt

Jude

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Robert Keegan

Doug

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Craig Charles

Eddie

Craig Charles
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Christine Moore

Mrs. Rummage

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Stephen Dillane

Mr. Dunlop (as Stephen Dillon)

Stephen Dillane
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Lucy Sheen

Rowena Freeman

Lucy Sheen
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Eithne Browne

Trisha Lane

Eithne Browne
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Roland Oliver

Solicitor

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Graham Callan

TV Producer

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John Flanagan

PC Whitcombe

John Flanagan
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Christopher Quinn

Police Constable

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Kathy Jamieson

Policewoman

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Rachel Laurence

Policewoman

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Will Tacey

Desk Sergeant

Will Tacey
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Barry Eaton

Lad

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Mark Reader

Lad

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Dean Williams

Lad

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Tom Pepper

Tennents Hall Comedian

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Sharon Power

Young Punk

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Ian Puleston-Davies

Young Workman

Ian Puleston-Davies
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Lesley Daine

1st Shopper

Lesley Daine
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Margo Stanley

2nd Shopper

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Cathy Williams

3rd Shopper

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Joanne Ellis

Check-out Girl

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Simon Barratt

Aggressive Man

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