Alan Bennett Movies
- 1985
Dreamchild
Dreamchild6.71985HD
Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a...
- 2013
The Native Hue of Resolution
The Native Hue of Resolution02013HD
A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.
- 2016
Alan Bennett's Diaries
Alan Bennett's Diaries62016HD
Documentary about British author and actor Alan Bennett. Recorded over the course of a year, the film features a number of intimate encounters with Be...
- 2003
The Importance of Being Morrissey
The Importance of Being Morrissey6.62003HD
Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously mel...
- 2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage72013HD
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...
- 1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf01978HD
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
- 2012
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment02012HD
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 birt...
- 2009
Being Alan Bennett
Being Alan Bennett02009HD
Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the life of Alan Bennett, one of the UK's best-loved writers, with interviews, archive footage and new work.
- 1970
Every Home Should Have One
Every Home Should Have One4.61970HD
Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that ma...
- 1978
Long Shot
Long Shot01978HD
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 ‘...
- 1978
A Visit from Miss Prothero
A Visit from Miss Prothero01978HD
Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted...
- 1994
Portrait or Bust
Portrait or Bust01994HD
Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.
- 1988
Dinner at Noon
Dinner at Noon01988HD
Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the north of England, observes the guests, and reminisces about his experiences of staying in boarding-houses as...
- 1998
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics01998HD
This animated clip comments on different educational opportunities for boys and girls, and points out the positive impact of making all opportunities...
- 2015
The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van6.4172015HD
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van...
- 1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor81982HD
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. Wh...
- 1991
Julie Walters and Friends
Julie Walters and Friends01991HD
Julie Walters stars in new sketches by four accomplished writers who helped make her famous.
- 1965
The Drinking Party
The Drinking Party01965HD
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 b...
- 2017
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety02017HD
Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and his work. Following surges of popularity - from featuri...