Hard Labour (film) where the Leighs had lived in Cavendish Road." "The polarity between the worlds of Mrs Stone and the lady who cleans her house (the central figure, Mrs Thornley, the Catholic house-cleaner) is icily delineated. In the middle is the new housing estate, where Mrs Thornley's son, Edward, (played by Bernard Hill in his professional début), a car mechanic, lives with his wife Veronica (Alison Steadman)." Hard Labour (film) Hard Labour is a 1973 television film, directed by Mike Leigh and produced by Tony Garnett which aired as part of the BBC anthology series "Play for Today". The film stars Liz
Steven Woodcock (film director) British TV by ITV, BBC, and Sky. Steven Woodcock (film director) Steven Woodcock (born 13 July 1961) is an award-winning British film director, writer, and producer. He has made two movies set in north England, "Between Two Women" and "The Jealous God". They are similar, being 1950s & 60s set, and resemble each other in how they were made but they are different in tone and narrative style. Woodcock has written at least one book under his own name, the novel of "Between Two Women" on which he based his film screenplay. In the DVD documentary "The Making of Between