Alan Bennett Movies

  • 2003
    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    The Importance of Being Morrissey

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    Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously...

    The Importance of Being Morrissey
  • 1996
    The Willows in Winter

    The Willows in Winter

    The Willows in Winter

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    Hailed as the "rightful heir" to "The Wind in the Willows", William Horwood's critically acclaimed sequel comes to magical life in this beautifully...

    The Willows in Winter
  • 1975
    Sunset Across the Bay

    Sunset Across the Bay

    Sunset Across the Bay

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    A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature...

    Sunset Across the Bay
  • 1991
    A Question of Attribution

    A Question of Attribution

    A Question of Attribution

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    Sir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the...

    A Question of Attribution
  • 1986
    The Insurance Man

    The Insurance Man

    The Insurance Man

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    Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with...

    The Insurance Man
  • 1972
    A Day Out

    A Day Out

    A Day Out

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    Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey....

    A Day Out
  • 1990
    102 Boulevard Haussmann

    102 Boulevard Haussmann

    102 Boulevard Haussmann

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    In 1916 author Marcel Proust is leading a reclusive life in Paris. He hires a quartet of musicians and befriends one of them, a wounded serviceman.

    102 Boulevard Haussmann
  • 1978
    Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

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    A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.

    Doris and Doreen
  • 1993
    Selling Hitler

    Selling Hitler

    Selling Hitler

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    In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop...

    Selling Hitler
  • 2022
    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

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    One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, is killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland...

    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

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    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested...

    Afternoon Off
  • 1965
    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

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    An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...

    The Drinking Party
  • 1976
    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

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    The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at...

    Pleasure at Her Majesty's
  • 1979
    The Old Crowd

    The Old Crowd

    The Old Crowd

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    George and Betty, a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate....

    The Old Crowd
  • 1978
    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    A Visit from Miss Prothero

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    Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is...

    A Visit from Miss Prothero
  • 1995
    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

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

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
  • 1964
    Beyond the Fringe

    Beyond the Fringe

    Beyond the Fringe

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    A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway...

    Beyond the Fringe
  • 1979
    All Day on the Sands

    All Day on the Sands

    All Day on the Sands

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    Mr and Mrs Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their small children, Colin and Jennifer. Mr Cooper has...

    All Day on the Sands
  • 1982
    Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

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    When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be...

    Intensive Care
  • 1998
    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

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    A series of monologues.

    Talking Heads 2