Alan Bennett Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    The Choral

    The Choral

    The Choral

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    Set in Ramsden, Yorkshire in 1916, the plot centers on the chorus master and most of the men of the ambitious local Choral Society, who have...

    The Choral
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1998
    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

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    A series of monologues.

    Talking Heads 2
  • 1979
    One Fine Day

    One Fine Day

    One Fine Day

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    Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.

    One Fine Day
  • 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
  • 1983
    An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishman Abroad

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    Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with...

    An Englishman Abroad
  • 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
  • 1991
    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
  • 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
  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    01979HD

    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
  • 2003
    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    6.62003HD

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

    The Importance of Being Morrissey
  • 2013
    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

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    Animation telling of the adventures of Mouse, Mole, Rat and Owl. Before giving a Twelfth Night party, Mouse makes a snowmole for Mole. In a dream,...

    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
  • 2022
    Stewart Lee: Tornado

    Stewart Lee: Tornado

    Stewart Lee: Tornado

    7.12022HD

    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
    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
  • 2018
    National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

    National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

    National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

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    It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits...

    National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
  • 1978
    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    01978HD

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

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf