Pat and Margaret

Pat and Margaret

90 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Sept. 11, 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.

Pat and Margaret

90 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Sept. 11, 1994

Pat and Margaret
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers BBC
Original title Pat and Margaret
Directors Gavin Millar
Writers Victoria Wood

Cast

Victoria Wood

as Margaret

Julie Walters

as Pat

Celia Imrie

as Claire

Thora Hird

as Jim's Mother

Deborah Grant

as Stella

Don Henderson

as Billy

Shirley Stelfox

as Vera

Anne Reid

as Maeve

Julie Hesmondhalgh

as Helper in Old Age Home

Angela Curran

as Lady in Motel

Madge Hindle

as Lady in Motel

Lynda Rooke

as Bella

Jan Alphonse

as Sue

Gabrielle Blunt

as Old Lady in Home

Philip Lowrie

as Martin - Warm Up Man

Charles Pemberton

as Porter

Joane Hall

as Vera - in Home

Sue Wallace

as Nadia

Frances Cox

as Busybody

Adam Warner

as Mr Scruton

Roger Brierley

as Hotel Manager

Gemma Wardle

as Emma Louise

Tenniel Evans

as Mr Lloyd

Corrin Helliwell

as Spotty Boy

Peter Lorenzelli

as Stringer

Helen Lindsay

as Fan

Vera Jakob

as Fan

Jeillo Edwards

as Tea Bar Lady

Melissa Allen

as Margaret Aged 2

Sammy-Jo Smith

as Pat Aged 7