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.

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Cast

Patricia Routledge

Barbara Pym

Marcia Warren

Dora Caldicote

Susan Wooldridge

Belinda

Ian McNeice

Vicar of Finstock

Avril Elgar

Lady on Bus

Norman Bird

Man on Bus

A.N. Wilson

Self