The Picnic

Overview

A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own age, and her anticipation of a birthday picnic by the river are clouded by a series of murders in the district and by a fear rooted rather nearer home.

Directed by Paul Seed

Top cast

Billie Whitelaw

Margie

Iain Glen

Ray

Brenda Fricker

Ray's Mother

Sarah-Jane Holm

Della

Cassie Stuart

Ruth

P

Phil Smeeton

Mick

Jimmy Yuill

Man at Dyke

J

Julie McDonald

Prostitute

Ross Kemp

Police Officer

T

Trevor Peake

Police Officer

R

Robert Peters

Reporter

J

Joan Spall

Registrar

Peter Whitbread

Inspector Cartwright

C

Christopher Poole

Kerb Crawler

S

Simon Wakefield

Boy fishing

Details