Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

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.

  • Title: Alan Bennett
  • Popularity: 3.818
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1934-05-09
  • Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Alan Bennett Movies

  • 1996
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    In Love and War

    In Love and War

    6 1996 HD

    After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a beautiful...

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  • 2004
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    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    4.8 2004 HD

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

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  • 1964
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    Beyond the Fringe

    Beyond the Fringe

    7 1964 HD

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

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  • 1976
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    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    6.5 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    6 1982 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    1 1995 HD

    A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...

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  • 1995
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    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

    7.1 1995 HD

    Kenneth Grahame's literary classic about an enchanting world along the Riverbank has delighted readers for nearly a century. Now, this enduring...

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  • 1996
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    The Willows in Winter

    The Willows in Winter

    7 1996 HD

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

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  • 2022
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    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

    1 2022 HD

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

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  • 1991
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    Selling Hitler

    Selling Hitler

    7 1991 HD

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

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  • 2022
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    Stewart Lee: Tornado

    Stewart Lee: Tornado

    7.1 2022 HD

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

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  • 2011
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    Books: The Last Chapter?

    Books: The Last Chapter?

    1 2011 HD

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

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  • 1982
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    Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

    1 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 1979
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    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    1 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 1988
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    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    5 1988 HD

    Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...

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  • 1994
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    The Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George

    6.756 1994 HD

    Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of...

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  • 2013
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    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

    Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

    6 2013 HD

    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,...

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  • 1987
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    Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

    6.5 1987 HD

    A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young...

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  • 1966
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    7.375 1966 HD

    Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...

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  • 2003
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    The Young Visiters

    The Young Visiters

    5.1 2003 HD

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

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  • 1985
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    Dreamchild

    Dreamchild

    6.7 1985 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    The Native Hue of Resolution

    The Native Hue of Resolution

    1 2013 HD

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

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  • 2016
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    Alan Bennett's Diaries

    Alan Bennett's Diaries

    6 2016 HD

    Documentary about British author and actor Alan Bennett. Recorded over the course of a year, the film features a number of intimate encounters with...

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  • 2003
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    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    6.6 2003 HD

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

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  • 2013
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    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    7 2013 HD

    To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best...

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  • 1978
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    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    1 1978 HD

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

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  • 2012
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    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    1 2012 HD

    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...

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  • 2009
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    Being Alan Bennett

    Being Alan Bennett

    1 2009 HD

    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.

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  • 1970
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    Every Home Should Have One

    Every Home Should Have One

    4.6 1970 HD

    Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that...

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  • 1978
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    Long Shot

    Long Shot

    1 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    1 1978 HD

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

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  • 1994
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    Portrait or Bust

    Portrait or Bust

    1 1994 HD

    Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.

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  • 1988
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    Dinner at Noon

    Dinner at Noon

    1 1988 HD

    Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the north of England, observes the guests, and reminisces about his experiences of staying in boarding-houses...

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  • 1998
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    Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

    Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

    1 1998 HD

    This animated clip comments on different educational opportunities for boys and girls, and points out the positive impact of making all opportunities...

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  • 1982
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    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    8 1982 HD

    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....

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  • 2015
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    The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

    6.418 2015 HD

    The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’...

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  • 1991
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    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    1 1991 HD

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

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  • 1965
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    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

    1 1965 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

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

    1 2017 HD

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

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  • 2024
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    Alan Bennett: 90 Years On

    Alan Bennett: 90 Years On

    1 2024 HD

    In May 2024, Alan Bennett turned 90. This film celebrates the life and long career of one of Britain's best-loved playwrights. Part frank reflection...

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  • 1994
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    The Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George

    6.756 1994 HD

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  • 2006
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    The History Boys

    The History Boys

    6.6 2006 HD

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  • 2006
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    The History Boys

    The History Boys

    6.6 2006 HD

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  • 1984
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    A Private Function

    A Private Function

    6.293 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    A Private Function

    A Private Function

    6.293 1984 HD

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  • 1983
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    An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishman Abroad

    5.9 1983 HD

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  • 1978
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    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1975
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    Sunset Across the Bay

    Sunset Across the Bay

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1972
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    A Day Out

    A Day Out

    4.8 1972 HD

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  • 1988
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    Dinner at Noon

    Dinner at Noon

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Insurance Man

    The Insurance Man

    6.2 1986 HD

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  • 1994
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    Portrait or Bust

    Portrait or Bust

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1991
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    A Question of Attribution

    A Question of Attribution

    6.6 1991 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George

    6.756 1994 HD

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  • 1987
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    Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears

    6.6 1987 HD

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  • 1990
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    102 Boulevard Haussmann

    102 Boulevard Haussmann

    6 1990 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Old Crowd

    The Old Crowd

    5.2 1979 HD

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  • 2013
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    National Theatre Live: People

    National Theatre Live: People

    8 2013 HD

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  • 2010
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    National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

    National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

    8 2010 HD

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  • 1988
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    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    5 1988 HD

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  • 1998
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    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    7 1998 HD

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  • 2023
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    Allelujah

    Allelujah

    5.333 2023 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

    6.418 2015 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1979
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    All Day on the Sands

    All Day on the Sands

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1982
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    Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1991
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    A Life in Death

    A Life in Death

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1977
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    A Little Outing

    A Little Outing

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1964
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    Beyond the Fringe

    Beyond the Fringe

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Choral

    The Choral

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Allelujah

    Allelujah

    5.333 2023 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    5 1988 HD

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  • 1979
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    One Fine Day

    One Fine Day

    2 1979 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2018
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    National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

    National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

    National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

    6.3 2018 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

    Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

    3 1998 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

    Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

    3 1998 HD

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  • 1982
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    A Woman of No Importance.

    A Woman of No Importance.

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Rolling Home

    Rolling Home

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Our Winnie

    Our Winnie

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Marks

    Marks

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Say Something Happened

    Say Something Happened

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1978
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    The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

    5.333 1978 HD

    The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May...

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  • 1976
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    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    5 1976 HD

    A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1966
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    On the Margin

    On the Margin

    1 1966 HD

    On the Margin was a British satirical comedy sketch show written and performed by Alan Bennett and a regular cast including John Sergeant, Virginia...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.125 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1987
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    Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

    6.4 1987 HD

    Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle,...

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  • 1978
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    BBC Television Shakespeare

    BBC Television Shakespeare

    5.2 1978 HD

    The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and...

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  • 1997
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    A Dance to the Music of Time

    A Dance to the Music of Time

    5.3 1997 HD

    A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a...

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  • 1988
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    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    6.2 1988 HD

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

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  • 1991
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    Ashenden

    Ashenden

    6 1991 HD

    Four-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset...

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  • 1991
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    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    1 1991 HD

    Julie Walters and Friends was a one-off comedy sketch show showcasing the talents of actress Julie Walters. Sketches were written by Walters'...

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  • 1985
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    The Glass Box

    The Glass Box

    1 1985 HD

    Shelly Rohde meets various celebrities to ask them which personal treasures they would seal away in a glass box for future generations. Guests...

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  • 2003
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    Meg and Mog

    Meg and Mog

    1 2003 HD

    British children's series about a well-meaning witch, her anarchist cat, an owl and a bit of magic. Together, these odd characters create a colorful...

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  • 1995
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    The Abbey with Alan Bennett

    The Abbey with Alan Bennett

    1 1995 HD

    In this captivating and insightful documentary, Alan Bennett takes on the role of a guide to Westminster Abbey. He unveils a side of history that is...

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  • 1991
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    Selling Hitler

    Selling Hitler

    7 1991 HD

    Based on the book by Robert Harris, this is a comic-dramatisation of the true story of the one of the most famous forgery cases in the world, the...

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  • 1999
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    Family Guy

    Family Guy

    7.371 1999 HD

    Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter...

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  • 1988
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    1 1988 HD

    Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    6.125 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    6.8 1970 HD

    Series of single made-for-television dramas.

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    7 1970 HD

    A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    6.2 1970 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    6.2 1970 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    8.143 1970 HD

    Widely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return to BBC One. Filmed during lockdown under social...

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    1 1970 HD

    Alan Bennett documentary series covering music.

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    1 1970 HD

    Alan Bennett re-lives his upbringing in Leeds in a series of talks, both amusing and touching.

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    6.2 1970 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    1 1970 HD

    Julie Walters and Friends was a one-off comedy sketch show showcasing the talents of actress Julie Walters. Sketches were written by Walters'...

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    8.143 1970 HD

    Widely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return to BBC One. Filmed during lockdown under social...

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  • 1970
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    Building Sights

    Building Sights

    1 1970 HD

    Alan Bennett re-lives his upbringing in Leeds in a series of talks, both amusing and touching.

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