A Day Out
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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 .
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David Waller
Mr. Shuttleworth
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James Cossins
Mr. Shorter
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Fawlty Towers
Philip Locke
Gregory Wilkins
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John Normington
Arthur Ackroyd
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David Copperfield
Brian Glover
Henry Boothroyd
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Paul Shane
Baldring
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Dave Hill
Eric Gibson
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Mrs Wilson
Don McKillop
Mr. Tetley
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An American Werewolf in London
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Bernard Wrigley
Ernest Tetley
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Paul Greenwood
Edgar Appleton
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Paul Rosebury
Gerald Cross
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Helen Fraser
Mrs. Ackroyd
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Billy Liar
Stephen Frears Director · Alan Bennett Writer David Fanshawe Composer
First release December 24, 1972 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production BBC Film
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BBC
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BBC Film
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 24, 1972
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