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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 .
23 Cast Members
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
Paul Rosebury
Gerald Cross
Helen Fraser
Mrs. Ackroyd
Maggie Jones
Mrs. Shorter
Anna Wing
Landlady
Sharon Campbell
Pretty Girl, Connie
Rosalind Elliot
Plain Girl, Luisa
Jane Wood
Wife
Paul Luty
Husband
Fred Feast
Gamekeeper
Dorothy Reynolds
Florence's Mother
