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A Day Out

A Day Out

1972-12-2449 minutes

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 .

Top Billed Cast

David Waller

Mr. Shuttleworth

James Cossins

James Cossins

Mr. Shorter

Philip Locke

Philip Locke

Gregory Wilkins

John Normington

John Normington

Arthur Ackroyd

Brian Glover

Brian Glover

Henry Boothroyd

Paul Shane

Paul Shane

Baldring

Dave Hill

Dave Hill

Eric Gibson

Don McKillop

Don McKillop

Mr. Tetley

Bernard Wrigley

Bernard Wrigley

Ernest Tetley

Paul Greenwood

Paul Greenwood

Edgar Appleton

Paul Rosebury

Gerald Cross

Helen Fraser

Helen Fraser

Mrs. Ackroyd

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones

Mrs. Shorter

Anna Wing

Anna Wing

Landlady

Sharon Campbell

Pretty Girl, Connie

Rosalind Elliot

Plain Girl, Luisa