"A mostly true story"

2015

1h 44m

6.4(817 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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10 featured cast members

Starring

Maggie Smith

Miss Shepherd

Alex Jennings

Alan Bennett

Frances de la Tour

Ursula Vaughan Williams

Gwen Taylor

Mam

Dominic Cooper

Theatre Actor

James Corden

Street Trader

Roger Allam

Rufus

Samuel Anderson

Jehovah's Witness

Dermot Crowley

Priest

Jim Broadbent

Underwood

Creative team

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Written by: Alan Bennett
Produced by: Damian Jones
Nicholas Hytner

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