A Day Out (TV 1972)

A group of emotionally repressed men even manage to turn a Sunday cycle ride into a formal occasion.

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writer:

Alan Bennett (by)

Stars:

James Cossins, John Normington, Philip Locke

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Cossins	...	Shorter
John Normington	...	Ackroyd
Philip Locke	...	Wilkins
Dave Hill	...	Gibson (as David Hill)
David Waller	...	Shuttleworth
Brian Glover	...	Boothroyd
Paul Shane	...	Baldring
Don McKillop	...	Mr. Tetley
Bernard Wrigley	...	Ernest Tetley
Paul Greenwood	...	Edgar Appleton
Paul Rosebury	...	Cross
Dorothy Reynolds	...	Mother
Virginia Bell	...	Florence
Helen Fraser	...	Mrs. Ackroyd
Maggie Jones	...	Mrs. Shorter

Storyline

A group of emotionally repressed men even manage to turn a Sunday cycle ride into a formal occasion.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 December 1972 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Fountains Abbey, Studley Royal, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Goofs

The film is set in 1911. A caption at the beginning reads 'Sunday May 17'. 17 May 1911 was not a Sunday.

User Reviews

Double nostalgia, beautifully delivered

Alan Bennett's first work for television is a beautiful, simple picture of a Halifax cycling club's outing to Bolton Abbey in the summer of 1911. It is a hot summer day, and not much happens - but the play is packed with incident as the club members from across the social spectrum interact with each other and the locals they meet. the naive optimism is countered by a brief epitaph in 1919, as the survivors of the World War commemorate the dead.

The black and white drama is doubly nostalgic, not only with the near perfect portrait of 1911 Yorkshire, but also of the high-quality early efforts of Bennett and Stephen Frears at the beginning of their careers over 30 years ago. Well worth watching.