Mike Leigh At The BBC

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

During an evening spent at his house with his sister, a girl realizes that she doesn't really have much in common with her boyfriend.

A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.

Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to her more forward friend Linda. Linda has a difficult time getting Trevor to go out with her, but she finally gets him to go to a disco; he won't dance, so Linda dances with Ronnie.

Beverly has invited her new neighbours, Angela and Tony, over for drinks. She has also asked her divorced neighbour, Sue, because Sue's fifteen year-old daughter, Abigail, was holding a party in their house. Beverly's husband, Lawrence comes home late from work, just before the guests arrive. The gathering starts off in a stiff insensitive British middle class way with people who do not know each other, until Beverly and Lawrence start sniping at each other.

Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees at a brokerage house.

Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

A man relentlessly bombards another man with small talk, while the other man tries to fend for himself while using crutches.

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action.

A Catholic and a Protestant couple in Northern Ireland have amazing parallels in their lives, despite being either side of the divide.