The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
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Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd
Alex Jennings as Alan Bennett
Frances de la Tour as Ursula Vaughan Williams
Gwen Taylor as Mam
Dominic Cooper as Theatre Actor
James Corden as Street Trader
Roger Allam as Rufus
Samuel Anderson as Jehovah's Witness
Dermot Crowley as Priest
Jim Broadbent as Underwood
Stephen Campbell Moore as Doctor
Eleanor Matsuura as American Journalist
Sacha Dhawan as Doctor Malik
Samuel Barnett as Donald
Deborah Findlay as Pauline
David Calder as Mr. Fairchild
Elliot Levey as Theatre Director
Claire Foy as Lois, Social Worker
Pandora Colin as Mrs. Perry
Marion Bailey as Convent Housekeeper
Russell Tovey as Young Man with Earring
Rosalind Knight as Old Nun
Jamie Parker as Estate Agent
Geoffrey Streatfeild as Alan's Partner
June Watson as Woman at Day Centre
George Taylor as Policeman
Richard Banks as Neighbour
Aaron Neil as Grocer
Jessica Bastick-Vines as Pauline and Rufus' Daughter
Cecilia Noble as Miss Briscoe
Clare Hammond as Young Miss Shephard
Sam McArdle as The Biker
Giles Cooper as Passer-By
Sam Spruell as Another Young Man
Harriet Thorpe as Customer
Nicholas Burns as Giles Perry
Alan Bennett as Alan Bennett (2014)
Andrew Knott as Ambulance Man
Selina Cadell as Lady Wiggin
Giles Cooper as Passer-by
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John Beard Production Design
Rick James Camera Trainee
Nicholas Hytner Director
Kevin Day Props
Alan Bennett Writer
George Fenton Original Music Composer
Nellie Burroughes Stunt Double
Damian Jones Producer
Andrew Dunn Director of Photography
Tariq Anwar Editor
Niamh Coulter Set Decoration
Natalie Ward Costume Design
Naomi Donne Makeup Artist
Doone Forsyth Makeup Artist
Chris Lyons Special Effects Makeup Artist
Norma Webb Makeup Artist
Nathaniel De'Lineadeus Special Effects Makeup Artist