Michael Starke was born on 3 November 1957 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Formula 51 (2001), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) and The Royal (2003).
The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.