Screen Classics: Pat and Margaret

Starring Victoria Wood and Julie Walters and written by Victoria, Pat and Margaret is a comedy drama which was nominated for two BAFTA awards.

Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her autobiography 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 smells a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long-lost parent.

Director: Gavin Miller, 1994  Age Guidance: 12