Meantime (1986)

A workingclass family in Londons East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers premiership Only the mother Mavis is working father Frank and the couples two sons Colin a timid chronically shy individual and Mark an outspoken headstrong young man are on the dole This situation is contrasted by the presence of Maviss sister Barbara and her husband John whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage