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Adapted from her play of the same name, Debbie Isitt directs this savage farce about the changing face of British suburban life. After their dear neighbors depart for Australia, Harold and Jean Peach (Ricky Tomlinson and Marion Bailey) wait with baited breath and low expectations for their new lot-mates to arrive. However, they are completely taken aback when snotty young couple Robert and Ellen Chapman (Phil Daniels and Rachel Fielding) move in and rudely snub the Peaches on their first day. Harold's position as the reigning grand high poobah for their suburban block is soon undermined by his neighbors' contempt. As Harold's life slowly disintegrates -- he loses his sales job while Jean disappears into a Valium haze -- he comes to see the Chapmans as the root of all of his problems and plots all-out revenge.