A Day Out
1972Alan 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 .
Acted in
David Waller
as Mr. Shuttleworth
James Cossins
as Mr. Shorter
Philip Locke
as Gregory Wilkins
John Normington
as Arthur Ackroyd
Brian Glover
as Henry Boothroyd
Paul Shane
as Baldring
Dave Hill
as Eric Gibson
Don McKillop
as Mr. Tetley
Bernard Wrigley
as Ernest Tetley
Paul Greenwood
as Edgar Appleton
Paul Rosebury
as Gerald Cross
Helen Fraser
as Mrs. Ackroyd
Maggie Jones
as Mrs. Shorter
Anna Wing
as Landlady
Sharon Campbell
as Pretty Girl, Connie
Rosalind Elliot
as Plain Girl, Luisa
Jane Wood
as Wife
Paul Luty
as Husband
Fred Feast
as Gamekeeper
Dorothy Reynolds
as Florence's Mother
Anthony Andrews
as Florence's Brother
George Fenton
as Florence's Brother
Virginia Nicolson
as Florence