On Expenses

On Expenses is a 2010 British television film directed by Simon Cellan Jones and starring Anna Maxwell Martin as Heather Brooke and Brian Cox as Michael Martin.

On Expenses
Genre	Satirical drama
Based on	United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal
Written by	Tony Saint
Directed by	Simon Cellan Jones
Starring	Anna Maxwell Martin Brian Cox Alex Jennings Neil Pearson Tim Pigott-Smith
Theme music composer	Solo bagpiper Jaimie H. Gibb, joined by his pipe band, Schiehallion Pipes and Drums
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Stephen Wright
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Release	23 February 2010 (2010-02-23)

The film documents the true story of journalist Heather Brooke's attempt to get expenses claims of Members of Parliament released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Speaker Michael Martin's battle to prevent it.^[1] Brooke herself had a non-speaking cameo in the film as a female MP in the scene where Martin assumes the position of Speaker.^[2]

Cast

Actor	Character
Anna Maxwell Martin	Heather Brooke
Brian Cox	Michael Martin MP
Neil Pearson	Hugh Tomlinson
Alex Jennings	Andrew Walker, head of UK Parliament Fees Office
Tim Pigott-Smith	Alan Keen MP
David Calder	Sir Stuart Bell MP
Sam Graham	David Maclean MP
Alan Parnaby	Chris Huhne MP
Geoffrey Beevers	Douglas Hogg MP