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. Shorter

Gregory Wilkins

Arthur Ackroyd

Henry Boothroyd

Baldring

Eric Gibson

Mr. Tetley

Ernest Tetley

Edgar Appleton

Mrs. Ackroyd

Mrs. Shorter

Landlady

Wife

Gamekeeper

Florence's Mother
December 24, 1972

Mr. Shorter

Gregory Wilkins

Arthur Ackroyd

Henry Boothroyd

Baldring

Eric Gibson

Mr. Tetley

Ernest Tetley

Edgar Appleton

Mrs. Ackroyd

Mrs. Shorter

Landlady

Wife

Gamekeeper

Florence's Mother

