The valence shell ionization spectrum of pyridine was studied using the third-order algebraicdiagrammatic construction [ADC(3)] approximation scheme for the one-particle Green's function and the outer-valence Green's function (OVGF) method. The results were used to interpret angle resolved photoelectron spectra recorded with synchrotron radiation in the photon energy range of 17 -120 eV. The lowest four states of the pyridine radical cation, and CCSD (coupled-cluster singles and doubles) methods, and the harmonic vibrational frequencies were obtained at the MP2 level of theory for the lowest three cation states. The results were used to estimate the adiabatic 0-0 ionization energies, which were then compared to the available experimental and theoretical data. Photoelectron anisotropy parameters and photoionization partial cross-sections, derived from the experimental spectra, were compared to predictions obtained with the continuum multiple scattering approach.3