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1989-05-05Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Richard E. Grant

Julia Bagley
Rachel Ward

John Bristol
Richard Wilson

Penny Wheelstock
Jacqueline Tong

Monica
Susan Wooldridge

Psychiatrist
John Shrapnel
Harry Wax
Hugh Armstrong

Richard
Mick Ford

Maud
Jacqueline Pearce
Waiter
Christopher Simon
Waiter
Gino Melvazzi
Tweedy Man
Victor Lucas
Tweedy Woman
Dawn Keeler
Girl in Elevator
Kerryann White
Receptionist
Vivienne McKone
Businessman on train
Donald Hoath
Businessman
John Levitt
Priest
Gordon Gostelow

Jonathan
Pip Torrens

Basil
Tony Slattery

Jennifer
Rachel Fielding

Sylvia Wallace
Pauline Melville

Dr Gatty
Roddy Maude-Roxby

Nurse
Francesca Longrigg

Hospital Doctor
Tanveer Ghani
Phillis Blokey
Joanna Mays

Larry Frisk
Sean Bean

The Boil (voice)
Bruce Robinson

Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Eric Idle