A Day Out

Overview

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .

Directed by Stephen Frears

Top cast

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David Waller

Mr. Shuttleworth

James Cossins

Mr. Shorter

Philip Locke

Gregory Wilkins

John Normington

Arthur Ackroyd

Brian Glover

Henry Boothroyd

Paul Shane

Baldring

Dave Hill

Eric Gibson

Don McKillop

Mr. Tetley

Bernard Wrigley

Ernest Tetley

Paul Greenwood

Edgar Appleton

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Paul Rosebury

Gerald Cross

Helen Fraser

Mrs. Ackroyd

Maggie Jones

Mrs. Shorter

Anna Wing

Landlady

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Sharon Campbell

Pretty Girl, Connie

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Rosalind Elliot

Plain Girl, Luisa

Jane Wood

Wife

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Paul Luty

Husband

Fred Feast

Gamekeeper

Dorothy Reynolds

Florence's Mother

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