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The Ploughman's Lunch

The Ploughman's Lunch

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13

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1983

Release Year

107 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

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.

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Keywords

london, england
british politics
falklands war
news reporter
norfolk

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@Geronimo1967

June 15, 2025

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6/10

With rumblings coming from the wires about some Argentine activity on the remote island of South Georgia and Margaret Thatcher’s first administration struggling to deal with the gloomy British economic outlook, jaded radio journalist “Penfield” (Jonathan Pryce) finds himself trying to stay motivated

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