Jake's Progress (1995)

Recommended

UK
Television Mini-Series
Director: Robin Lefevre
Writer: Alan Bleasdale
Cinematographer: Arthur Smith
Composers: Richard Harvey, Elvis Costello
Cast: Robert Lindsay, Julie Walters, Barclay Wright, David Ryall, Dorothy Tutin, Amanda Mealing, David Ross, Andrew Schofield, Samantha Beckinsale

For once, political commentary takes a back seat to a more focused examination of the human condition in this wickedly funny Alan Bleasdale mini-series, in which a typically brilliant Robert Lindsay, a foul-mouthedly excellent Julie Walters, and the truly incredible Barclay Wright guide us through some outlandish though generally credible family traumas. Iain Stott