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The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Top billed cast
Maggie SmithMiss Shepherd
Alex JenningsAlan Bennett
Frances de la TourUrsula Vaughan Williams
Gwen TaylorMam
Dominic CooperTheatre Actor
James CordenStreet Trader
Roger AllamRufus
Samuel AndersonJehovah's Witness
Dermot CrowleyPriest
Jim BroadbentUnderwood
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