With a shadow of a doubt, one of my top 10 favourite films of all time. Proof if ever you need it that in order to produce a successful movie you firstly need a stellar script. At turns hilarious then tragic it features a career defining performance from Richard E Grant and admirable support from Paul McGann and Richard Griffiths.

You can feel the decay of a decade, of a generation's hopes and of youth's optimism in the story told…