Synopsis

1984 in Britain and Margaret Thatcher is prime minister. The poor are poorer, the rich are richer and unemployment is through the roof.  Barry Clark has just lost his job and has hit an all-time low; he lives in a damp rented council flat and rarely sees his son who lives with his ex-wife. He needs to start getting some sort of income or just enough in his pocket so he can pay his rent but getting a job is not going to happen any time soon. Although he really doesn’t want to and knows it may end badly Barry goes to see a loan shark. At first the loan shark seems like a decent man and loans Barry an adequate amount of money. However, when it comes to Barry paying the money back the loan shark isn’t so reasonable. Obviously Barry cannot pay back the loan shark, or at least all at once, he just needs time but the loan shark wants it all at once, and Barry has 48 hours to get the money to him.  The loan shark then calls Barry and arranges to meet him down at the old fishing docks for a ‘business’ meeting. Barry goes to meet him, but doesn’t have the money, luckily and unbelievably Barry manages to talk his way out of it and gets his repayment time extended, and in the end gets the money that he owes.