''The Balance of Nature'' is a 1983 British television drama film directed by Paul Annett, starring

Leslie Ash Leslie Ash (born 19 February 1960) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in ''C.A.T.S. Eyes'' (1985–1987), the BBC sitcom ''Men Behaving Badly'' (1992–1997), ITV drama '' Where the Heart Is'' (2000–2003), and BBC me ...

Outline

The film is about the beauty business, seen mostly through the eyes of a Cockney girl from a

tower block A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently ...

. Dawn Winch (

) lives with her mother ( Marianne Stone) and works in a West End beauty parlour. She has aspirations to win the Miss United Kingdom competition, but finds that the beauty queen game is more of a jungle than she foresaw.”The Diary: will Colin consider it?” in

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(London, England), Thursday 05 May 1983, p. 15

Cast

as Dawn Winch *

Philip Bretherton Philip Bretherton (born 30 May 1955) is an English actor best known for his role as Alistair Deacon in the long-running British television series '' As Time Goes By''. Early life Bretherton was born in Preston, Lancashire, and studied English ...

as Spencer Fairfax *

Juliet Hammond Juliet Hammond-Hill (born 13 November 1953) is an English actress, best known for her role in the television series '' Secret Army'' (1977–1979). She is also known as Juliet Hammond. Early life Hammond-Hill was born in St Pancras, London, the ...

as Natasha *

Sandy Ratcliff Alexandra Ratcliff (2 October 1948 – 7 April 2019) was an English actress, model and counsellor. She made an impression as a model and film actress in the 1970s, but she became known for being one of the original cast members of the BBC soap o ...

as Julie *

David Freedman David Freedman (April 26, 1898 – December 8, 1936) (aged 38) was a Romanian-born American playwright and biographer who became known as the "King of the Gag-writers" in the early days of radio. Biography David Freedman was born in Botoşan ...

as Gregore * Marianne Stone as Dawn's mother *

Hetty Baynes Henrietta Sara Louise Baynes (born 16 August 1956) is an English film, television and theatre actress. She began her career in ballet by training from the age of 10 at the Royal Ballet School and made her professional debut, at the age of 12, i ...

as Blanche *Francis Lloyd as Neville *Valerie Testa as Organiser *Sylvia Barter as Countess *Pamela Miles as Brenda

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balance of Nature, The 1983 films 1983 drama films British drama television films Films set in the 1970s 1980s English-language films 1980s British films English-language drama films