Pat and Margaret (1994)
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both women highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with an uncaring, errant mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long lost parent.
Director:
Gavin Millar
Writer:
Victoria Wood
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Victoria Wood as Margaret |
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Julie Walters as Pat |
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Celia Imrie as Claire |
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Duncan Preston as Jim |
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Thora Hird as Jim's Mother |
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Deborah Grant as Stella |
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Don Henderson as Billy |
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Shirley Stelfox as Vera |
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Anne Reid as Maeve |
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Julie Hesmondhalgh as Helper in Old Age Home |
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Angela Curran as Lady in Motel |
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Madge Hindle as Lady in Motel |
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Lynda Rooke as Bella |
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Jan Alphonse as Sue |
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Gabrielle Blunt as Old Lady in Home |
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Philip Lowrie as Martin - Warm Up Man |
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Charles Pemberton as Porter |
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Joane Hall as Vera - in Home |
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Robert Kingswell as Pete |
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Sue Wallace as Nadia |
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Frances Cox as Busybody |
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Adam Warner as Mr Scruton |
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Roger Brierley as Hotel Manager |
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Gemma Wardle as Emma Louise |
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Tenniel Evans as Mr Lloyd |
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Corrin Helliwell as Spotty Boy |
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Peter Lorenzelli as Stringer |
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Helen Lindsay as Fan |
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Vera Jakob as Fan |
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Jeillo Edwards as Tea Bar Lady |
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Melissa Allen as Margaret Aged 2 |
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Sammy-Jo Smith as Pat Aged 7 |
| Directing | Gavin Millar | Director |
| Writing | Victoria Wood | Screenplay |
| Production | Ruth Caleb | Producer |
| Directing | Daphne Phipps | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Adam Richards | Location Manager |
| Directing | Cecilia Coleshaw | Continuity |
| Production | Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Beni Turkson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | David Reid | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Regina Dunphy | Assistant Director |
| Art | Nic Pallace | Art Direction |
| Art | Peter Toler | Construction Manager |
| Camera | Steve Wallace | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Steven Banks | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tex Childs | Grip |
| Sound | Malcolm Campbell | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Richard Jupp | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Terence Montague | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christina Baker | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Taylor | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Stubley | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadia Nigoumi | Costume Assistant |
| Sound | Louise Leonard | Sound Editor |
| Art | Rosemary Turner | Graphic Designer |
| Production | Susie Bruffin | Casting Consultant |
| Writing | Robyn Slovo | Script Editor |
| Sound | Colin Towns | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Matthew Hamilton | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Ken Pearce | Editor |
| Art | Ken Starkey | Production Design |
| Camera | John Daly | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Victoria Wood | Writer |