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A middle-class couple head to Dorset for a camping holiday - but the trip, planned with military precision by neurotic husband Keith, is thrown into disarray by conflict with their fellow campers. Mike Leigh's comedy, starring Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman and Anthony O'Donnell
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Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Roger Sloman
(Actor)
.. Keith
Alison Steadman
(Actor)
.. Candice Marie
Anthony O'Donnell
(Actor)
.. Ray
Sheila Kelley
(Actor)
.. Honky
Stephen Bill
(Actor)
.. Finger
Richenda Carey
(Actor)
.. Miss Beale
Eric Allan
(Actor)
.. Quarryman
Matthew Guinness
(Actor)
.. Farmer
Sally Watts
(Actor)
.. Farm girl
Richard Ireson
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Mike Leigh
(Director)
David E Rose
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Roger Sloman
(Actor)
.. Keith
Alison Steadman
(Actor)
.. Candice Marie
Born:
August 26, 1946
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
Abigail's Party and Gavin & Stacey.
Early-life:
Alison was born on August 26, 1946, in Liverpool, where she was raised with two older sisters by her mother Marjorie and father George, who worked for an electronics firm. She wanted to be an actress from the age of nine and later trained at the East 15 acting school. Success did not come quickly, and she worked as a secretary for the Liverpool Probation Service before making her professional debut on stage in 1968 alongside Vanessa Redgrave in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Career:
In 1973, she made her TV debut in Mike Leigh's Hard Labour. She has also worked with Leigh on TV movies Nuts in May and Abigail's Party, and the films Life Is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996) and Topsy-Turvy (1999). She made her movie debut in Champions (1983) and her other film credits include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989), Shirley Valentine (1989), Wilt (1990), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) and Confetti (2006). She earned a new army of fans with her role as matriarch Pamela in hit BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey. Her other TV credits include The Singing Detective, Pride and Prejudice, Fat Friends, The Syndicate, Love & Marriage and Boomers.
Quote:
"I didn't become an actress because I wanted to tell people what colour my knickers were. I wanted to entertain people."
Trivia:
Steadman won an Olivier Award in 1993 for her role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.
Anthony O'Donnell
(Actor)
.. Ray
Sheila Kelley
(Actor)
.. Honky
Stephen Bill
(Actor)
.. Finger
Richenda Carey
(Actor)
.. Miss Beale
Eric Allan
(Actor)
.. Quarryman
Matthew Guinness
(Actor)
.. Farmer
Sally Watts
(Actor)
.. Farm girl
Richard Ireson
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Mike Leigh
(Director)
David E Rose
(Producer)
