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Cemetery Junction

Comedy drama set in 1970s Reading following three working class lads. Freddie (Christian Cooke) yearns to rise above his station and takes a job selling life insurance.

It's 1973 in Cemetery Junction, a Reading suburb. Three working-class lads, best friends, are coming of age. Freddie wants to rise above his station, taking a job selling life insurance, wearing a suit and tie. Snork works at the railway station and wants a girlfriend some day. Bruce talks of leaving but seems on track to work at a factory, drink and fight, and become like his dad, in front of the telly with beer on hand, and he's trying the patience of the police officer who gets him out of jams. Freddie's job leads the lads toward a few small changes. He runs across a childhood friend, Julie, his boss's daughter who's engaged to the firm's top seller. Can the lads break out?

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Nov 2015 23:55

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Credits

Role Contributor
Freddie Christian Cooke
Julie Felicity Jones
Bruce Tom Hughes
Mr Taylor Ricky Gervais
Dougie Boden Stephen Merchant
Mike Matthew Goode
Mr Kendrick Ralph Fiennes
Snork Jack Doolan
Mrs Kendrick Emily Watson
Gran Anne Reid
Writer Ricky Gervais
Writer Stephen Merchant
Director Ricky Gervais
Director Stephen Merchant

Broadcasts

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