1. In 2004, Mike Leigh directed Vera Drake, an account of a housewife who leads a double life as an abortionist in 1950s London.

2. All or Nothing is a 2002 French-British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville.Like much of Leigh's work, the film is set in present-day London, and depicts three working-class families and their everyday lives.