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A Day Out

  • TV Movie
  • 19721972
  • 49m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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61,257
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David Waller in A Day Out (1972)
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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 i... Read allAlan 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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
116
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POPULARITY
61,257
9,753
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    • Director
      • Stephen Frears
    • Writer
      • Alan Bennett(by)
    • Stars
      • David Waller
      • James Cossins
      • John Normington
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    • Director
      • Stephen Frears
    • Writer
      • Alan Bennett(by)
    • Stars
      • David Waller
      • James Cossins
      • John Normington
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    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
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    David Waller
    • Shuttleworth
    James Cossins
    James Cossins
    • Shorter
    John Normington
    John Normington
    • Ackroyd
    Philip Locke
    Philip Locke
    • Wilkins
    Dave Hill
    Dave Hill
    • Gibson
    • (as David Hill)
    Brian Glover
    Brian Glover
    • Boothroyd
    Paul Shane
    Paul Shane
    • Baldring
    Don McKillop
    • Mr. Tetley
    Bernard Wrigley
    Bernard Wrigley
    • Ernest
    Paul Greenwood
    • Edgar Appleton
    Paul Rosebury
    • Cross
    Dorothy Reynolds
    Dorothy Reynolds
    • Mother
    Virginia Nicholson
    • Florence
    • (as Virginia Bell)
    Helen Fraser
    • Mrs. Ackroyd
    Maggie Jones
    • Mrs. Shorter
    Sharon Campbell
    • Pretty girl
    Rosalind Elliot
    • Plain girl
    • (as Rosalind Elliott)
    George Fenton
    George Fenton
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    • Director
      • Stephen Frears
    • Writer
      • Alan Bennett(by)
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      The film is set in 1911. A caption at the beginning reads 'Sunday May 17'. 17 May 1911 was not a Sunday, it was a Wednesday.

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    8/10
    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.
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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1972 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Eine Radpartie
    • Filming locations
      • Fountains Abbey, Studley Royal, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      49 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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