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
Alison Glennie Alison Glennie Alison Glennie is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Ingrid Dorf in the BBC thriller serial "Kessler". She also appeared in Z-Cars for the BBC, Thriller, Blake's 7, Cribb, Horse in the House and A Little Princess. Glennie played Gertrude in Hamlet at the Cork Opera House. She regularly reads "The Book on One" RTÉ radio 1. Glennie's films include "Escape from the Sea", CFF, "The Bunker", TimeLife. Exploring digital media as an advocacy tool, she devised and directed an improvised short film called "On the Pig's Back" at Cope Foundation. The film