When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
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Alan Bennett
Denis Midgley
Known for
In Love and War
Thora Hird
Aunty Kitty
Known for
The Nightcomers
A Kind of Loving
Helen Fraser
Joyce Midgley
Known for
Repulsion
Billy Liar
Julie Walters
Valery
Known for
Brave
Billy Elliot
David Major
Colin Midgley
Also in
Threads
Bushman
Elizabeth Spriggs
Alice Duckworth
Known for
Sense and Sensibility
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Frank Crompton
Frank Midgley
Also in
Fallen Hero
L'Étincelle
Kirk Wild
Denis as a Boy
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Alison Lloyd
Denis' Mother
Also in
Brass
Soldier and Me
Jeanne Doree
Joyce's Mother
Also in
Death and Transfiguration
Objects of Affection
Derek Fowlds
Hartley
Known for
Yes Minister
Frankenstein Created Woman
Colin Douglas
Uncle Ernest
Known for
The Trollenberg Terror
Captain Clegg
Gavin Millar Director · Alan Bennett Writer Jim Parker Composer
First release November 9, 1982 · 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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English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 9, 1982
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