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Karl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same. Karl is now Kim, a transsexual, and she has no desire to stir up the past while she's busy forging a neat and orderly new life. Prentice, on the other hand, has charm but is a social disaster stuck in a dead-end job. His main talent is for getting them both into trouble. Amid the squabbles, they start to fall in love. One night, Kim invites Prentice to a romantic dinner at her flat. Prentice, finding the seduction unexpectedly effective, freaks out. He proceeds to make a public display of both of them and winds up in court. Humiliated and angry, Kim runs away. Only she can save Prentice now, but will true love triumph for a new made woman and an aging punk?

Expect the Unexpected

Genres: Comedy, Foreign

Starring: Rupert Graves, Steven Mackintosh, Miriam Margolyes

Released: October 1, 1996

Runtime: 97.0

Popularity Rating: 0.533

United Kingdom

Paul Prentice Rupert Graves
Karl / Kim Foyle Steven Mackintosh
Pamela Miriam Margolyes
Alison Charlotte Coleman
Jean Saskia Reeves
Angela Nisha Nayar
Neil Payne Neil Dudgeon
Mike Adrian Rawlins
CID Detective Robert Pugh
Policeman Kevin Allen
Police Sergeant Gerard Horan
Cabbie Phil Davis
Bailiff Ian Dury
DS Cole Robert Pugh
PC Alan Kevin Allen
PC Ken Rick Warden
Prosecuting Solicitor Edward Tudor-Pole
Defending Solicitor Lia Williams
Young Prentice Blake Ritson
Young Karl Stephen Walker
Dispatch Manager Graham Fellows
Barry Peter-Hugo Daly
Jim Shend
Nosy neighbour Ruth Sheen

Directing — Director: Richard Spence