A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978)

ALL 01/11/1978 (en) Drama, Comedy, TV Movie 37 Min
  • Release
    01/11/1978
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    A Visit from Miss Prothero
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit. A brash, charmless woman who seems to take no pleasure in anything but putting people down, Miss Prothero wants to fill her old boss in on all the changes that have taken place at work since he left. Dodsworth isn't very curious, and as the visit wears on it puts a little strain on his politeness and patience. Miss Prothero doesn't enjoy it much either, but lingers on as there's a bombshell she wants to drop. The docketing system Dodsworth introduced thirty years earlier, which revolutionised the firm, has been scrapped by her adored new boss Mr Skinner. The crowning achievement of Dodsworth's career has just become obsolete, and she wants to tell him all about it.

  1. Stephen Frears

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Innes Lloyd

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Patricia Routledge

    Miss Prothero

  2. Hugh Lloyd

    Arthur Dodsworth

  3. Alan Bennett

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 3 , Crews : 6

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A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978) 37 Min

ALL 01/11/1978 (en)
Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
  • Release 01/11/1978
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title A Visit from Miss Prothero
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit. A brash, charmless woman who seems to take no pleasure in anything but putting people down, Miss Prothero wants to fill her old boss in on all the changes that have taken place at work since he left. Dodsworth isn't very curious, and as the visit wears on it puts a little strain on his politeness and patience. Miss Prothero doesn't enjoy it much either, but lingers on as there's a bombshell she wants to drop. The docketing system Dodsworth introduced thirty years earlier, which revolutionised the firm, has been scrapped by her adored new boss Mr Skinner. The crowning achievement of Dodsworth's career has just become obsolete, and she wants to tell him all about it.

  1. Stephen Frears

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Innes Lloyd

    Producer