My Beautiful Laundrette, the first ever Working Title film, was released in the UK on this day in 1985. In Stephen Frears’ controversial and hugely successful drama, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), the son of a Pakistani immigrant to the UK, embarks on a venture to renovate his uncle's laundrette with the help of his childhood friend, ex-National Front member Johnny (Daniel Day Lewis). My Beautiful Laundrette remains ground-breaking in its bold exploration of issues of sexuality, race, class and generat