Miss Pym's Day Out
19/02/1992
In 1977, after a fourteen year dry spell, the novelist Barbara Pym was nominated for a Booker Award for her novel, Quartet in Autumn. This drama documentary biopic sees Patricia Routledge as Pym and follows the day of the prize presentation, as she observes people and reminisces about life and love.
Movie Information
Patricia Routledge
as Barbara Pym
Marcia Warren
as Dora Caldicote
John Bott
as Bishop Grote
Susan Wooldridge
as Belinda
Ian McNeice
as Vicar of Finstock
Ann Penfold
as Allegra Gray
Mary Wimbush
as Mrs Bone
Ann Windsor
as Miss Lathbury
Hugh Dickson
as Dr Simpson
Avril Elgar
as Lady on Bus
Norman Bird
as Man on Bus
David King
as Larkin Readings (Voice)
Jilly Cooper
as Self
Henry Harvey
as Self
Hazel Holt
as Self
Penelope Lively
as Self
Tom Maschler
as Self
Hilary Pym
as Self
A.N. Wilson
as Self
Will Wyatt
as Self
