A Day Out (1972)

Director: Stephen Frears

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 .

Cast

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