Miss Pym's Day Out

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Patricia Routledge

Barbara Pym

Marcia Warren

Dora Caldicote

John Bott

Bishop Grote

Susan Wooldridge

Belinda

Ian McNeice

Vicar of Finstock

Ann Penfold

Allegra Gray

Mary Wimbush

Mrs Bone

Ann Windsor

Miss Lathbury

Hugh Dickson

Dr Simpson

Avril Elgar

Lady on Bus