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3	A one-off drama from BBC Two's ''Time of Your Life'' season of programmes in 2004 about the lives of older people. Ray is a widowed cabbie and occasional [[FootballHooligans Football Hooligan]] in his mid-sixties who feels like life has passed him by. He's still grieving the loss of his wife and his two kids, Caz and Little Ray, use him as an unpaid babysitter. Meanwhile, Jim, is planning to use his retirement to do some of the living he's missed out on during his career as a teacher at the public school he attended as a child. He and Ray MeetCute when Ray picks him up in his cab and the two of them end up becoming friends. Eventually, they grow closer and start a tentative relationship, much to the consternation of Ray's kids.
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5	!!Provides examples of:
6	* ComingOutStory: Mostly about Ray and Jim coming out to themselves.
7	* DriverOfABlackCab: Ray, although he's not an especially Gabby Cabbie.
8	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jim makes a list of all the things he wants to do with the rest of his life: to see the world and to fall in love. [[spoiler:He does.]]
9	* GoldDigger: When Ray's kids notice that there's something different about him, they think it's because some younger woman is trying to sponge off him.
10	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Averted with Ray and his best friend Billy One-Punch. Billy claims that he knows everything about Ray, but Ray counters that neither of them really know each other at all.
11	* HoldingHands: The first time Ray tries this with Jim, it goes down like a lead balloon. On the second attempt, Ray's much more receptive.
12	* InSeriesNickname: Jim was always known at his school as "Beaky" due to his rather prominent nose. One of the first things he does once he leaves school is check himself into a plastic surgery clinic for a rhinoplasty.
13	* IntrafamilialClassConflict: Class tensions abound in Ray's family. His son has done pretty well for himself and married "up." He and his wife, Denny, are about to send off their only child off to [[ElaborateUniversityHigh Harrow]]. Meanwhile, Caz and her husband Lynval are from a lower income bracket. They have three kids and are expecting a fourth, but neither of them care about being rich.
14	* LateComingOut: Mid-sixties would usually be considered pretty late.
15	* LoveConfession: Jim to Ray as he's about leave for Botswana, presumably never to return:
16	-->"[[CallBack You saw my list.]] I've fallen in love. Now I'm off to see the world."
17	* RaceForYourLove: Ray runs after Jim when he thinks Jim is about to leave for Botswana.
18	* TitleDrop: The song appears on the soundtrack towards the end of the film.
19	* TitledAfterTheSong: From Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.
20	* UnusualEuphemism: "`oofter" for "gay", which derives from Cockney rhyming slang for "poof".

Context Film / WhenImSixtyFour