When We Are Married (1987)

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth television film version of this play by J.B. Priestley made by the BBC.

Producers	BBC, BBC Two
Original title	When We Are Married
Directors	Barry Davis
Writers	J. B. Priestley

Cast

Patricia Routledge

as Maria Helliwell

Peter Vaughan

as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

Prunella Scales

as Annie Parker

Timothy West

as Councillor Albert Parker

Rosemary Leach

as Clara Soppitt

Bernard Cribbins

as Herbert Soppitt

Tessa Peake-Jones

as Nancy Holmes

Sue Devaney

as Ruby Birtle

Patrick Pearson

as Gerald Forbes

Liz Smith

as Mrs Northrop

Gawn Grainger

as Fred Dyson

Joss Ackland

as Henry Ormonroyd

Patsy Rowlands

as Lottie Grady

Roger Brierley

as Rev. Clement Mercer

Colin Douglas

as Mayor of Cleckleywyke