About
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
Cast
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Alan Bennett
Denis Midgley
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Thora Hird
Aunty Kitty
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Helen Fraser
Joyce Midgley
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Julie Walters
Valery
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David Major
Colin Midgley
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Elizabeth Spriggs
Alice Duckworth
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Frank Crompton
Frank Midgley
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Alison Lloyd
Denis' Mother
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Jeanne Doree
Joyce's Mother
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Derek Fowlds
Hartley
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Colin Douglas
Uncle Ernest
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Joan Sanderson
Miss Tunstall
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Jim Broadbent
Mr Horsfall
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Aubrey Morris
Headmaster
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Madge Hindle
Jean
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Lucita Lijertwood
Mrs Azakwale
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Shope Shodeinde
Black Doctor
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Peter Chelsom
Very Young Doctor
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Johnny Leeze
Orderly
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Brenda Hall
Senior Nursing Officer
