The Ploughman's Lunch(1983)

movie - first aired/released 1983-05-30 - 107 min - audience 4.8

Drama

Directed by Richard Eyre

As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.