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.

Patricia Routledge
as Barbara Pym

Marcia Warren
as Dora Caldicote

John Bott
as Bishop Grote

Susan Wooldridge
as Belinda

Ian McNeice
as Vicar of Finstock

Ann Penfold
as Allegra Gray

Mary Wimbush
as Mrs Bone

Ann Windsor
as Miss Lathbury

Hugh Dickson
as Dr Simpson

Avril Elgar
as Lady on Bus