The main story is set in a British Military Intelligence Office in Whitehall during 1956, where a small group of foreign affairs analysts find their quiet existence disrupted by the Suez Crisis. Ewan McGregor plays Mick Hopper, who is doing his national service as an interpreter of Russian documents. Bored with his job, Hopper spends his days creating fantasy daydreams that involve his work colleagues breaking into contemporary hit songs. Louise Germaine plays Sylvia Berry, the blonde wife of the violent Corporal Pete Berry (Douglas Henshall). Sylvia is an object of desire for Mick's fellow clerk Private Francis Francis and a middle-aged pipe-organist named Harold Atterbow (Roy Hudd). Unlike the street-wise Hopper, Francis is a clumsy Welsh intellectual whose academic career has been interrupted by his army call up. The appearance of the bookish niece of a seconded American officer enables the two conscripts to pair off with suitable partners, after initial mismatching. Some of the side themes include the influence of American rock and roll on English society, the gulf between the senior analysts, who are regular army officers, and the conscripted other ranks, the work of Russian playwright Chekhov, and the appreciation of opulent theatre pipe organs. The unusual context — a military culture transplanted into a civil service style office environment — reflects Potter's own national service during the 1950s. While this piece has the form of a romantic comedy, unlike the less conventional works of Dennis Potter's middle period, it is not without graphic sex and violence, as well as Potter's characteristic flashes of dreamlike imagery. The centrepiece of this production is the surreal musical sequence set to the song In a Persian Market.
金莎朗,尹贤旻,柳善,郑满植,尹素怡,郑义诸,张宥相,朴恩惠,郑贤俊,宋珠熙
卡丽·普雷斯顿,卡拉·帕特森,维德尔·皮尔斯,丹尼尔·艾萨克,内森·连恩,Livvy Shaffery,瓦妮莎·贝尔,丹·布卡廷斯基
阿曼达·塞弗里德,哈里特·桑塞姆·哈里斯,帕芮·马费尔德,达什·米霍克,阿什莉·卡明斯,马修·德尔·内格罗,约翰·道曼,帕奇·德拉奇,尼古拉斯·平诺克,布丽特妮·欧德福特,Callum Vinson,Valentina Tammaro,Philipe D. Preston,Mark R. Anthony
布莱恩·泰里·亨利,瓦格纳·马拉,马琳·爱尔兰,阿米尔·阿里森,内斯塔·库珀,凯特·穆格鲁,文·瑞姆斯,威尔·普伦,阮春智,利兹·卡瑞贝尔,Idris Debrand,翘征,Phong Le,Emma Lewis,Jaba Keh,贾里德·约翰斯顿,加布里埃尔·埃伯特,卡茨·沃尔索尔,Tara Gadomski,查尔斯·哈尔福德
亚当·斯科特,布丽特·洛薇尔,约翰·特托罗,克里斯托弗·沃肯,帕特丽夏·阿奎特,格温多兰·克里斯蒂,特拉梅尔·提尔曼,扎克·切利,詹·塔洛克,迈克尔·切鲁斯,迪辰·拉克曼,萨拉·博克,阿莉雅·肖卡特,梅里特·韦弗,约翰·诺贝尔,罗比·本森,鲍勃·巴拉班,奥拉维尔·达里·奥拉夫松,马克·盖勒,Edward Olaie,Edward Olaie