Film

Pat and Margaret

1994 · 1h 24m · Drama · Comedy · TV Movie

IMDb

7.9

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.

Victoria Wood

Margaret

Julie Walters

Pat

Celia Imrie

Claire

Duncan Preston

Jim

Thora Hird

Jim's Mother

Deborah Grant

Stella

Don Henderson

Billy

Shirley Stelfox

Vera

Anne Reid

Maeve

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Helper in Old Age Home

Angela Curran

Lady in Motel

Madge Hindle

Lady in Motel

Lynda Rooke

Bella

Jan Alphonse

Sue

Gabrielle Blunt

Old Lady in Home

Philip Lowrie

Martin - Warm Up Man

• Gavin MillarDirector
• Victoria WoodScreenplay · Writer
• Ruth CalebProducer
• John DalyDirector of Photography
• Colin TownsOriginal Music Composer
• Ken PearceEditor

Release date

September 11, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie