Director: Malcolm Mowbray

Writers: Alan Bennett; Malcolm Mowbray

Producer: Mark Shivas

Keywords: Comedy

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Carter	Actor	19-Aug-1948		Mr. Carson on Downton Abbey
Denholm Elliott	Actor	31-May-1922	6-Oct-1992	A Room with a View
Richard Griffiths	Actor	31-Jul-1947	28-Mar-2013	The History Boys
Michael Palin	Comic	5-May-1943		Monty Python
Pete Postlethwaite	Actor	16-Feb-1946	2-Jan-2011	In the Name of the Father
Liz Smith	Actor	11-Dec-1921	24-Dec-2016	The Royle Family
Maggie Smith	Actor	28-Dec-1934		Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter
Alison Steadman	Actor	26-Aug-1946		Life Is Sweet

CAST

Starring
Michael Palin	...   Gilbert Chilvers
Maggie Smith	...   Joyce Chilvers
Denholm Elliott	...   Dr. Swaby
with
Richard Griffiths	...   Allardyce
Tony Haygarth	...   Sutcliff
John Normington	...   Lockwood
Bill Paterson	...   Wormold
Liz Smith	...   Mother
Alison Steadman	...   Mrs. Allardyce
Jim Carter	...   Insp. Noble
Pete Postlethwaite	...   Nuttal
Eileen O'Brien	...   Mrs. Sutcliff
Rachel Davies	...   Mrs. Forbes
Reece Dinsdale	...   P.C. Penny
Philip Wileman	...   Preston
Charles McKeown	...   Medcalf
Susan Porrett	...   Mrs. Medcalf
Donald Eccles	...   Father
Denys Hawthorne	...   Hotel Manager
Don Estelle	...   Barraclough
Eli Woods	...   Ernest
Amanda Gregan	...   Veronica
Paula Tilbrook	...   Mrs. Turnbull
Bernard Wrigley	...   Painter
Lee Daley	...   Painter's Boy
Gilly Coman	...   Dorothy
Maggie Ollerenshaw	...   Woman
Josie Lane	...   Mrs. Beavers
David Morgan	...   Mervin

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