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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.

1994 |1h 24m |  Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Cast

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Victoria Wood

Margaret

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Julie Walters

Pat

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Celia Imrie

Claire

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Duncan Preston

Jim

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Thora Hird

Jim's Mother

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Deborah Grant

Stella

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Don Henderson

Billy

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Shirley Stelfox

Vera

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Anne Reid

Maeve

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Julie Hesmondhalgh

Helper in Old Age Home

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Angela Curran

Lady in Motel

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Madge Hindle

Lady in Motel

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Lynda Rooke

Bella

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Philip Lowrie

Martin - Warm Up Man

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Roger Brierley

Hotel Manager

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Gemma Wardle

Emma Louise

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Tenniel Evans

Mr Lloyd

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Helen Lindsay

Fan

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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