White Heat The Past Is a Foreign Country (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 58 min | Drama

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White Heat

The Past Is a Foreign Country (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 58 min | Drama

Charlotte Pugh returns for a will-reading to the house where she lived as a student. She recalls how she first arrived as a tenant in 1965 with art student Lilly, earnest Geordie Alan, homely Orla, Jamaican immigrant Victor and closet gay ...See moreCharlotte Pugh returns for a will-reading to the house where she lived as a student. She recalls how she first arrived as a tenant in 1965 with art student Lilly, earnest Geordie Alan, homely Orla, Jamaican immigrant Victor and closet gay Jay. Alan is sure that Jack, the loud-mouthed son of the house owner and technically the landlord, has chosen them as a social experiment as they represent different types. Lilly's parents want her to return home to run a family shop and she is given confidence by Alan after she refuses whilst Orla is rarely in and confides in Jay that she has taken on hotel work to send money back to her parents in Belfast. Jack's anti-establishment rant on the death of Winston Churchill causes ill-feeling with his tenants and a visit from his father, a Conservative MP, is anything but reconciliatory. At a house-warming party Charlotte sleeps with Jack after rounding on her visiting father whom she has found out is having an affair. Orla stumbles upon Jay's secret when she catches him with a man and he begs her to say nothing. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Julian Barratt Derek Bowden Derek Bowden See fewer	The Mighty Boosh (2003)
MyAnna Buring Lilly Lilly See fewer	Kill List (2011)
Sam Claflin Jack Jack See fewer	Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Lindsay Duncan Lilly (Present Day) Lilly (Present Day) See fewer	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Claire Foy Charlotte Charlotte See fewer	First Man (2018)
Tamsin Greig Beth Beth See fewer	Green Wing (2004)
Jessica Gunning Orla Orla See fewer	Pride (I) (2014)
David Gyasi Victor Victor See fewer	Interstellar (2014)
Karen Henthorn Val Val See fewer	Pulling (2006)
Lee Ingleby Alan Alan See fewer	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Geoffrey Leesley Frank (as Geoff Leesley) Frank (as Geoff Leesley) See fewer	Wimbledon (2004)
Richard Lintern Miles Miles See fewer	The Bank Job (2008)
Hamish MacDougall Theology Student Theology Student See fewer	Bridgerton (2020)
Lloyd McGuire Doctor Doctor See fewer	Eh Brian! It's a Whopper (1984)
Sally Mortemore Nancy Nancy See fewer	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Jeremy Northam Edward Edward See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Hugh Quarshie Victor (Present Day) Victor (Present Day) See fewer	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Reece Ritchie Jay Jay See fewer	The Lovely Bones (2009)
Christian Roe Ewan Ewan See fewer	Wallander (2008)
Juliet Stevenson Charlotte (Present Day) Charlotte (Present Day) See fewer	Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Adam Nowell University Student (uncredited) University Student (uncredited) See fewer	Under the Skin (I) (2013)