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
Javier Aguirre (director) currently married to actress Esperanza Roy. Javier Aguirre (director) Javier Aguirre (born 13 June 1935 in Donostia-San Sebastián), is a Spanish film director, writer and producer. Aguirre was born in Donostia-San Sebastián in Spain. He started his work as a director in 1961, and had a prolific career, directing 45 feature films, 10 short films, 2 documentaries, and 25 documentary shorts. Aguirre also wrote and produced most of his films. Aguirre developed an interest in film at an early age. When he was a teenager, he started collaborating for entertainment magazines like "Radiocinema", "Film Ideal", and others. In 1955, when