MISS PYM'S DAY OUT (Patricia Routledge) (1991)
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- Barbara Pym, portrayed here by Patricia Routledge, was a British novelist whose novel 'Quartet in Autumn' (1977) was nominated for the Booker Prize. James Runcie's loving feature film about her mixed real people and actors, including Miss Pym's sister, Hilary Walton.
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I love ordinariness. True life portrait. Pat R is really something else. Wonderful actor.
Watching this was like seeing a sepia photograph of my childhood, and knowing its just shadows now, few know this world, fewer still see it for its value
Is there anything Dame Patricia cannot do? The scene in which she kneels and prays brought me to tears. Bravo! The programme makes me want to know more about authoress Barbara Pym thanks to Patricia's sensitive portrayal. I have enjoyed the exceptionally talented Dame Patricia in everything I have ever seen her do.
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Yes
Dame Patricia Routledge is Britain's greatest gift
..such a warmth about her 🌻💛
Dame Patricia Routledge is excellent in every role she plays. It's been three years since you wrote your comment. I hope perhaps you've been reading Barbara Pym's novels. She created an entire world in her books that's very authentic and real. I'm in the USA where she became quite popular after she died. I discovered her books when I was at university 40 years ago and she's been my favorite writer ever since.
@@davidpetercoppen8042 Barbara Pym's books, iin particular, Quartet in Autumn, are unique classics, beautifully written. Sadly, a lot of people in the States have no idea who she was.
Patricia is a national treasure of the country of fans who love her.
BobEckert56 she has fans across the pond too!
a World Heritage living artefact. Some people - like places - represent their cultural identity so spectacularly that they are invaluable for everyone who know any English.
Born in Liverpool but she’s keeping up appearances!
She sure does!
I still watch Keeping Up Appearances.
We love her over here in the US as well. Is that priest Ian McNeice?
I absolutely adore Dame Patricia Routledge. Such a well rounded talent, which I feel is often overlooked. Excellent comedic timing, dramatic actress as well as a beautiful voice. Thanks for sharing this !
Agree. I feel she's overlooked too. Such a great actress.
@@janhall1641 she is the only was to make it is in the movies ..I no dame patrcia appered in to sir with love❤ in 1967 ..
alistair skarsgård NO MORE NEEDED SAID 💯 %RIGHT
Dear Patricia. One of Britain's greatest and most versatile actress. Wonderful.
and there's me sending you a link - but you already spotted it....
Brilliant Dame Patricia Routledge.
She could read the telephone book
And I would listen.
That is quite true. 😉
Lol!!😂😂You got that right!!So would I!!
Good one!
Love Barbara Pym who writes about a world in which I was brought up. So well acted and directed
Although you didn’t see me in the film, where Patricia Routledge was on the top deck of the London Bus, I was the Conductor downstairs !. I worked at Shepherds Bush Garage in West London, and the bus was hired by the filmmakers, so we weren’t carrying any passengers. We drove up and down Holland Park Avenue between Shepherds Bush and Notting Hill Gate whilst the filming took place. Myself and the bus driver were introduced to Patricia Routledge at the beginning of the filming and she was so charming. I was a bit ‘starstuck’ and although there were no airs and graces on Patricia’s part, I was too shy to ask for her autograph !. It was an absolute pleasure to meet her, something I’ll never forget.
Thank you so much for posting this - what a fab experience - I'll bet you are kicking yourself for being too shy to ask for her autograph!
Genevieve L Yes indeed I am, it’s something I have regretted all these years !. I guess I am just so lucky to have met this wonderful lady in person.
Thanks for sharing the lovely memory.
What a wonderful experience!
Cheers!
Patricia Routledge is spectacular in this as always. Although an American I used to live in this part of England as a child so this production brought back memories wonderful memories! The story was so profound thanks BBC and thanks for downloading this S Holms
Dame Patricia Routledge...on the first day of this unknown quarantine period, on the day that the job I hoped to get is now delayed until whenever...this is a real gift! To watch something so beautiful and civilized in a time of madness. Thanks you tube and BBC.
Such a wonderful film to watch when life is so uncertain at the moment
Life is truly uncertain at the moment but I'm sure we will find these are the times to remember.
What a treasure in this time of reality TV.
I have watched this twice, and it resonates with me everytime. A life well lived and a legacy well remembered. Something we can all aspire to.
Thank you for offering this up for all to see. I am a little sad now. Miss Routledge was perfect, as usual.
Wasn't she a genius of an actor, though...I don't know if she's still making films; I haven't seen her in anything new for a very long time.
The art of the character actor is that of a chameleon. She can be anyone convincingly.
This show made me read Barbara Pym. If you haven’t you must.
I love Barbara Pym!!! I believe I am obsessed with her writing. I have read all her books at least 4 times, and continue to read them after breaks of reading other authors. There is something about her books that give me comfort any time of year.
A beautifully tender film. A tour de force by Ms Routledge.
It has been many years since Ive read Barbara Pym so now I am going to start all over again. Patricia Routledge is a marvellous actress - would watch anything she does. Thank you so much for this one, it was fascinating. Cheers.
A quiet contemplative film but quite enjoyable for its calm sedateness. Thank you for this presentation. Now I must reread Miss Pim's novels. The world needs calm now in the midst of 2020.
Pardon my ignorance, I did not know about this writer. I wrote one--I guess novel, bio but not really, sort of 98% fanrasy with a little true life eventualities. I haven't been able to write a word after. Oh, I also wrote a fanfic, rather very sucessful, people fans of the original tv program liked it a lot, some even said mine was better.
2020 ??
You should see it in 2022 !
Agreed
@@henryottis295 2023
I am so lucky to have stumbled upon this gem! I was not familiar with Barbara Pym, so it was wonderful to learn about her. As a fan of Keeping Up Appearances, I was so excited to see Patricia Routledge! What a wonderful actress! Thank you so much for uploading this. 💖
She is a wonderful actress- but here nothing for her to demonstrate hr great acting
Have you read Barbara Pym?@@blmi5591
Love Patricia Routledge. Listening to the words of Barbara Pym in this video, it makes me think about people that live alone & how everyone needs hugs...simplistic as it sounds. Thank you for sharing.
Who would have thought that a film would be made about Barbara Pym! I love her novels - her settings, characters and voice are unique, In the panel game of guessing the author, a paragraph would be enough to recognize Pym. What a fantastic film this was; in a quiet, understated way but shot with humour (much like Pym's style) it captured her world... and I can't imagine anyone better than Patricia Routledge to play Pym. Thank you so much for uploading this.
What a wonderfully imaginative love letter to Barbara Pym. I have been reading her books over and over for decades - scores, really. Even have the cookbook! Delightful to see well-known characters woven in and out of in this film. I am drawn to start one all over again this evening!
Fantastic film: Routledge is perfect in the role. I first came across Pam at uni and now have every one of her books. She wrote so well, and expressed such sensitivity about just being human, so many everyday details that often get forgotten, ignored, or glossed over.
This is a bio?
Yes, of Barbara Pym the author.
It also includes many characters from her books.
Excellence! I've never seen such natural acting before. The scenes with the actor playing "Henry" is unlike anything I've seen before - like peeking inside someone's window.
I think that was the real Henry, not an actor
What a fabulous actress regardless of the part she plays
I enjoyed this very much. I don't know why but I felt a calmness while watching it. Thank yo..
Me TOO ..that's because it's simple drama no SEX or violence.. this type of drama nobody watches it sadly NOWADAYS it's ALL reality tat ..
get your bum out AND flash a boob AND your an household name..
Also felt a calmness while watching, great escape for today’s chaos. Rewatching!
@@AmandaS18 I've found myself turning to movies from the past in these very troubled times we are all facing.
It is a learning time, listening to her calm thoughts running through. We could not write how we think , could we? So enjoyable and feeling how people can relate.
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Yes beauiful no drama.
Delightful short play enhanced by staring Dame Patricia Routledge. Totally endorse previous glowing tributes.
This is a beautifully made film. I recently discovered Barbara Pym and have now read all her books. She is an exceptional writer and especially her earlier books are filled with gentle humour and a deep understanding of human nature. She was a master of creating a singular world where all her characters operate and perhaps they are cosy worlds but often the truth is found in the trivialities of our daily lives.
I have never seen anything more brilliant. This is amazing. I am in tears.
Blessings💕
Dame Patricia certainly can act that's for sure x
This short film reminds me of the opening words of L.P. Hartley's The Go-between: "The past is another country; they do things differently there." I never imagined that my own country would fall into that category, yet here we are. Things were different back then. It was indeed another country.
A foreign country
Pleasure to see this. Pym is my absolute favorite novelist; I read all her novels every few years, as I do Austen.
Leticia Austria I do as well!
Also try Elizabeth Taylor, the writer not the actress.
@zhara patterson I have indeed read many of Elizabeth Taylor's novels and like them very much.
I found this film strangely affecting. It reminds me of the England that I grew up in, even though I was 30 when this film was made and my background was very working class. It reminded me of how much I liked the poetry of Philip Larkin. I haven't read Barbara Pym's writing, but I will now do so. And reread Philip Larkin.
I wish her books would be adapted. She is my favorite writer. Thank you for posting.
Love Dame patricia Routledge very much❤❤❤ I class her in the same league as dame Judi Dench
In memory of
Ms
Barbara Pym 🌹🌟💜
Rip dear LADY xx
Endearingly enjoyable.
This was brilliant, a joy to watch, many thanks for posting
This has opened my eyes to Patricia Routledge, very good.
A very fine ACTRESS AND singer with comedic talent TOO!
HAVE YOU seen dame Patricia in keeping up appearances AND hetty wainthropp.. marvelous television 💯❤
I love Barbara Pym and Patricia Routledge! A real treat!
Love their good natured tolerance combined with their deep interest in everyone. Both peeping through the window! Shamelessly eavesdropping! LOVE it!!
Just lovely! PR was, as always, wonderful! Love her, love Pym! Tysm S Holmes
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Very good diction and clarity!
Why would anyone dislike this? oh, humanity...
Because they do not appreciate fine acting in all its finest ie_dame Patricia Routledge💖
Well, because this isn't really what I got out of Barbara Pym. (only watched 10 minutes, so I'm probably pre-judging). The bit with the arrogant Bishop looks to me like a direct, updated nick from Jane Austin. (Was it Mr Collins?) Some must see a lot in common twixt Austen and Pym, my sis loved both, while I at the same time as she was finding Pym, I was discovering Anita Brookner, by whom I was far more impressed.
Thank you for uploading this drama documentary. I knew the outline of Pym's later life, but this gave me more vivid picture of it.
This is so lovely. Thank you very much.
Moved to tears by this - thank you for posting. Just finishing (for third time in last five years) "A Glass of Blessings." How Miss Pym is missed.
there was something special about barbara pym. i think patricia routledge captures some of the essence of the lady. i love this. thank you.
+John Eunson What do you think was special about her? She was an introvert, I think and I can relate to that. Anything else?
+gemstash pym had a gentle dignity. she took the reader by the hand and shows us a world of gentle spinster women and,often, church affairs. her last novel,; quartet in autumn', was booker nominated and quite different, a rewarding read.
I hadn't heard about Barbara Pym until now and I have no inkling as to what she was like. But Patricia Routledge always gives a certain warmth to the characters she creates, whether drama or comedy. Wonderful actress!
Yes< and what a delight to have stumbled on this film! I have read most of her novels...a long time ago now- and did not know about this film.
Having watched this I can understand why Philip Larkin thought so
highly of her : they both looked Life square in the face free of false sentiment .
Their detachment could appear rather cold hearted but it's their deep compassion
which shines through all they wrote .
She voiced thoughts that many of us have ..especially finding things to fill the time while waiting for The Day, enjoying and noting all around her as I do.It is uncanny she expressed herself exactly as I do myself. "I believe it is a dire sin to wait for each day to pass so I keep myself busy" ....Thank you for sharing this. So very well acted out by all.i looked up Paul Scott, Staying On. It is a hurting shame she did not have the luck or siding to win that one time. He went on to a much better novel re Day of the Scorpion.
sums up life really 💕
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Dame Patricia Routledge
Britain's greatest gift x
First time seeing Ms. Patricia in a drama. Thanks!
Routledge was a musical comedy star also. Check her out in The Pirates of Penzance. Great actress!
Love Barbara Pym.
Having the remarkable Patricia Routledge play her is a fine tribute.
What a beautiful drama it reminded me in some ways of a book called The scent of water where the character was very similar to the main protagonist in this quietly understated on the other characters in the programme were equally brilliantly played but finally I don't feel one could not mention the indomitable Patricia Routledge fantastic actor and as one of the other commenters have stated chronically underrated also something I noticed which having watched Patricia Routledge for many years I think she has a very strong resemblance facially two Dame Joan Plowright fantastic programme and I enjoyed it immensely best wishes somebody who loves literature London😊😊
I love this and I love her novels.
Real people, real stories, quite beautiful🎁🌷💖
Thank you so much for this.
Wishing DAME Patricia Routledge a very HAPPY 91st BIRTHDAY 💛❤🌟👒👜👠🍰🍵..
February 2020💛❤💛❤💛⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐xxxxxxxxxxx happiness ALWAYS
TO DAME Patricia-
I totally adore Patricia Shes just such a multi talented lady,Very funny sings beautifully too :-)
A thoughtful piece and very well done.
This is very special, thank you for uploading this so much
A must see❤❤A truly moving masterpiece both film & Dear Patricia Routledge as always perfectly executed ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
A touching tribute, which reminded me of a quote from a collection of Larkin's letters, which summed up Pym's work perfectly - "A steady background of rueful yet courageous acceptance of things".
A quietly beautiful film - we need more of these. Slow and understated everyday things and people - refreshing.
I love Patricia ROUTLEDGE ,Isnt' she SPECIALLLLLL
She certainly is 💖💖💖💖..xX dame Patricia Routledge will turn 90 in February xx🙏🙏 God bless her .....xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The wonderful Barbara Pym. The casting was perfect.
Wow. This is so different from Keeping Up Appearances. Most excellent Patricia. Bless you
I have just enjoyed watching this this whilst I happen to be reading Barbara Pym's biography by Paula Byrne. This is so special - thank you S Holmes for uploading it - and is the most unusual mix of actors, a few people who live local to the setting, I think, and about seven characters who are the genuine people who were known to Barbara Pym playing themselves, including her sister Hilary and her friend/long-term love Henry Harvey. This is just fascinating....because there is not one 'false note'....it feels and sounds totally authentic, which is a real accolade to those non-actors. I was interested to see a young A.N. Wilson and Penelope Lively at the Booker presentation. It would have been the 'cherry on the cake' had BP won the prize; however, having read 'Staying On' I think it probably was a worthy winner that year.
night owl - you’ve said it best! So glad to learn of this author, Barbara Pym. Going to the library tomorrow, I hope they have her works . . .
The guy playing the priest is the guy who played Burt Large on the tv series Doc Martin!!
This was lovely to come across. Barbara Pym seems like an old, dear friend to me. I share her gentle amusement at the little absurdities of everyday life, though we live(d) in different times and places. She provides me with comfort, reassurance, and happiness almost every day. I have read all of her novels many times, several to the point that I can recite passages from memory. I think she's wonderful! I am glad to find other Pym fans here because I long for your company too. Isn't it fun to find the reference to another of her books as you read along?
Wonderful! I love Barbara Pym's novels, and just found out about this film. I wish I could get a copy to view on my TV, since my computer screen is small. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it very much, and it was a treat to see Barbara's sister Hilary as well as her literary executor Hazel Holt. And of course, Patricia Routledge's acting was superb. I also loved Susan Wooldridge's character. Actually, I believe she could have played a good younger Barbara Pym. And the other actors were fine, too. Thanks for posting.
Love the scene where she is praying in Church after confession from the BCP
Beautiful church🏫
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Dame Patricia Routledge Britain's greatest gift x
I confess, although I am an avid reader, I never heard if Barbara Pym . However, I paused this video and logged onto my public library tomorrow her first book!
I just discovered Patricia Routledge last night here on youtube. *A Woman of No Importance* written by Alan Bennett of Beyond the Fringe. I tried watching Beyond the Fringe but I could not understand the dialog. Win some, lose some.
I have read Pym's books for a long time. She is just so good.
“The aggressive women with shaggy hair who push their way through life who thrust their hard shopping baskets at defenseless men” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cried all the way through....So beautiful
How wonderful to find this as I am currently reading Hazel Holt's biography, A Private Eye, of Pym yet again. UNlike many commentators, I have only read one Pym novel, I am a biography fan, and I can relate to BP in so many ways. Interesting to see the real Henry Harvey (I resented him when I was younger because he had the nerve not to be in love with BP, LOL, now in my dotage I can see that her odd aloneness probably would always make a marriage and children unlikely.)
Wouldn't it be nice if we could stop thinking of aloneness as odd? For some it is natural as it seems to have been in BP's case. Perhaps some of us can only achieve our uniqueness in a solitary state, just as for others it is exactly the opposite.
Caroline Barnes Very well said. As an artist I find alone time so necessary to what I do; being alone does not have to mean being lonely.
That was very enjoyable, thanks for sharing 😌
Interesting to hear the Booker short list. All forgotten novels now, even the winner.
I'm so happy I found this gem!
Completely wonderful, all of it. And Jilly Cooper at the jumble sale! Thanks so much for posting this video, S Holmes💚
Patricia, a British icon from a time gone forever in old England.. lovely story of village life. Thank you.
No one else could have done the role justice. Dame Patricia brought to it the clarity, pathos, and nuance needed to portray Barbara Pym as a woman of her time who spent her career shining a light on the miniature tragedies and foibles of a quintessentially English way of life we'll never see again.
I am a Canadian Nd I love Patricia. She is a treasure. Sad such movies and actresses are rare in the 21st century
they should give the dramatists an award for this performance!
The dominion of the birds...that's why I eat as many of them as I can! looool
Thank you very much for posting this and I enjoyed seeing it. What's strange is that on P. Routledge's IMDb page, this is not listed among her credits despite it clearly being film or TV and not stage work. But the page for "Bookmark" lists this as an episode and on that episode's page, there is Routledge. Also, was "Bookmark" a nonfiction/documentary serial? Browsing the episodes, this is the only one that seems to be a dramatization.
What a tender story, and so well portrayed. Poetic and yet very down-to-earth. Or is it down-to-Heaven?
The AMAZING
Dame Patricia Routledge 🌟👒👜🌹💛🎶💐
Hyacinth bucket 😃
Pronounced bouquet 💐
What a lovely actress is Patricia Routledge.
The woman in the restaurant , the bird hater . When she said , " I eat as many birds as I can", hahahahaha I thought I would piss myself laughing. I love Patricia .
I'm off to buy all Barbara Pym's Books ! Extraordinary talent at writing about 'ordinary ' situations. Patricia Routledge is a joy to watch.
So glad she got the recognition she deserved before she passed away. Amazing to think that her work was passed over so many times before “Quartet”.
Patricia is so wonderful. I believe she is now 94 or 95 years old. I dread the day we shall learn she has passed. I have enjoyed all of her work so much. She was so poignant in this film.
Excellent!
we all love Patricia
A lovely bit of escapism, from a gentler time. Thanks for sharing.
Was that Jilly Cooper at the jumble sale? This is a study in the most superb acting. It’s so good you don’t even feel like they are acting at all, that your just sitting alongside people living their lives. I love everything that Patricia does.
Five ⭐️ acting by P.R. and crew thank you ❤