Saturday night and Sunday morning

Allan Sillitoe's classic novel of the 1950s is a story of timeless significance.

The film of the novel, starring Albert Finney, transformed British cinema and was much imitated.

Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings.

A hard-drinking, hard-fighting young rebel, he knows what he wants, and he's sharp enough to get it.

Before long, his carryings-on with a couple of married women is local gossip.

But then one evening he meets a young girl in a pub, and Arthur's life begins to look less simple...