Alan Bennett Movies

  • 2022
    Stewart Lee: Tornado

    Stewart Lee: Tornado

    Stewart Lee: Tornado

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    The Bafta-winning Stewart Lee performs his latest touring show, focusing on a bizarrely erroneous description of his work on Netflix and a...

    Stewart Lee: Tornado
  • 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
  • 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 skin-rash, like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it...

    The Insurance Man
  • 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
  • 1982
    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

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    When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page....

    The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • 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. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
  • 2017
    Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

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

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

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    Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and his work. Following surges of popularity - from...

    Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
  • 1978
    Long Shot

    Long Shot

    Long Shot

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    Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and...

    Long Shot
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2004
    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

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    The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and...

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    The Young Visiters

    The Young Visiters

    The Young Visiters

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    The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and...

    The Young Visiters
  • 2011
    Books: The Last Chapter?

    Books: The Last Chapter?

    Books: The Last Chapter?

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    Will the rise of electronic books mark the final chapter in the love story between traditional books and their readers? Alan Yentob discusses the...

    Books: The Last Chapter?
  • 2012
    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

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    Sam was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder called Familial Dysautonomia. When born, he had 50 per cent chance of making it to his fifth...

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
  • 1982
    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

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    Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums –...

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball