Alan Bennett

Born: 1934-05-09

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Lady in the Van

as Alan Bennett (2014)
Released: 2015-10-30

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman...

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In Love and War

as Porter
Released: 1996-12-18

After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he...

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The Madness of King George

as 2nd MP
Released: 1994-12-28

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in...

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Little Dorrit

as The Bishop
Released: 1987-12-11

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is...

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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

as Hector
Released: 2013-11-02

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National...

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The Wind in the Willows

as Mole
Released: 1995-12-24

Kenneth Grahame's literary classic about an enchanting world along the Riverbank has delighted...

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Dreamchild

as Mock Turtle (voice)
Released: 1985-10-04

Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Mouse
Released: 1966-12-28

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by...

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Selling Hitler

as Hugh Trevor-Roper
Released: 1991-06-11

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes...

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Every Home Should Have One

as Defence Solicitor
Released: 1970-03-05

Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling...

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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as Self - Various Roles
Released: 1982-03-01

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the...

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The Willows in Winter

as Mole
Released: 1996-12-26

Hailed as the "rightful heir" to "The Wind in the Willows", William Horwood's critically...

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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1978-12-02

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding,...

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Justice Shallow
Released: 1982-12-28

When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a...

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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

as uncredited
Released: 2022-07-01

One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, is killed in a plane crash while on...

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Talking Heads

as uncredited
Released: 1988-04-19

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother,...

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The Young Visiters

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2003-12-26

The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal...

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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

as Self
Released: 2004-12-09

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand...

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Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

as Himself
Released: 2017-09-30

Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and...

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The Importance of Being Morrissey

as Self
Released: 2003-06-08

Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the...

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Afternoon Off

as Mr Petty
Released: 1979-02-03

Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little...

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Beyond the Fringe

as Various Characters
Released: 1964-12-12

A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in...

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Dinner at Noon

as Himself - Presenter
Released: 1988-08-08

Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the north of England, observes the guests, and reminisces...

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Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

as Self
Released: 1995-12-19

A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. ...

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The Drinking Party

as Eryximachus
Released: 1965-11-14

An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his...

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Julie Walters and Friends

as uncredited
Released: 1991-12-29

Julie Walters stars in new sketches by four accomplished writers who helped make her famous.

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Stewart Lee: Tornado

as Self
Released: 2022-09-29

The Bafta-winning Stewart Lee performs his latest touring show, focusing on a bizarrely...

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Books: The Last Chapter?

as Self
Released: 2011-12-13

Will the rise of electronic books mark the final chapter in the love story between traditional...

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Pleasure at Her Majesty's

as Self
Released: 1976-12-29

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase...

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A Visit from Miss Prothero

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1978-01-11

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his...

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Being Alan Bennett

as Himself
Released: 2009-12-05

Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the life of Alan Bennett, one of the UK's best-loved...

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Long Shot

as Neville's Doctor
Released: 1978-11-17

Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to...

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The Native Hue of Resolution

as uncredited
Released: 2013-12-21

A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the...

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Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

as Mole (voice)
Released: 2013-12-16

Animation telling of the adventures of Mouse, Mole, Rat and Owl. Before giving a Twelfth Night...

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Alan Bennett's Diaries

as Himself
Released: 2016-11-16

Documentary about British author and actor Alan Bennett. Recorded over the course of a year, the...

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Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

as (voice)
Released: 1998-01-01

This animated clip comments on different educational opportunities for boys and girls, and...

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Family Guy

as Alan Bennett (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-31

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...

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Play for Today

as Denis Midgley
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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The South Bank Show

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-14

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self
First aired: 1976-04-01

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Osric
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Talking Heads

as Graham Whittaker
First aired: 1988-04-19

A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright...

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Meg and Mog

as Owl
First aired: 2003-10-27

British children's series about a well-meaning witch, her anarchist cat, an owl and a bit of...

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Fortunes of War

as Lord Pinkrose
First aired: 1987-10-11

Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes...

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A Dance to the Music of Time

as Sillery
First aired: 1997-10-09

A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel...

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Building Sights

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1988-11-01

Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

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The Abbey with Alan Bennett

as Self
First aired: 1995-12-25

In this captivating and insightful documentary, Alan Bennett takes on the role of a guide to...

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Selling Hitler

as Hugh Trevor-Roper
First aired: 1991-06-11

Based on the book by Robert Harris, this is a comic-dramatisation of the true story of the one...

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