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 .
Mr. Shuttleworth
Mr. Shorter
Gregory Wilkins
Arthur Ackroyd
Henry Boothroyd
Baldring
Eric Gibson
Mr. Tetley
Ernest Tetley
Edgar Appleton
Gerald Cross
Mrs. Ackroyd
Mrs. Shorter
Landlady
Pretty Girl, Connie
Plain Girl, Luisa
Wife
Husband
Gamekeeper
Florence's Mother
Florence's Brother
Florence's Brother
Florence