sex & drugs & rock & roll
sex&drugs&rock&roll tells the story of ian dury (andy serkis), lead singer of the blockheads who, severely disabled by polio as a boy, defied the odds to become one of britain’s most original and influential singer-songwriters
artist, actor, the godfather of punk, husband, lover and errant father, ian dury was the man who put the phrase "sex&drugs&rock&roll" into the english language
bill milner plays ian's son baxter with olivia williams as his first wife betty, naomie harris plays ian's on-off girlfriend denise and tom hughes plays chaz jankel, ian's songwriting partner in the blockheads
the cast is rounded out by toby jones as hargreaves, the young ian's tyrant schoolmaster, noel clarke as sound engineer desmond, mackenzie crook as russell, ian's bandmate in the 'kilburn & the high roads' and ray winstone as ian's dad bill