i be delight to see this gem of a film available on dvd . despite be a tv movie and shot on 16mm and it provide a wonderful insight into the different type of people who want to become a london cabbie and along with their foible and family commitment . even the most hapless of candidate and titanic with his uncommunicative wife and it be possible to see how jack rosenthal be able to craft an often funny and sometimes tragic snippet of london life into an entertaining 90 minute . originally premier a a vehicle for mick ford ( pun intend ) and the quality of the act from an ensemble cast include michael elphic and nigel hawthorne and jonathan lynn and lesley joseph and maureen lipman ( mrs rosenthal ) mean mick may have have top billing and but he have to work hard in the face of such compete talent . even 15 year after it 1991 release and it be still as fresh a ever .