Alan Bennett
Writing
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…
Filmography
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Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
Remembers…
2022
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017
Alan Bennett's Diaries
2016
The Lady in the Van
2015
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Books: The Last Chapter?
2011
Being Alan Bennett
2009
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
The Young Visiters
2003
Meg and Mog
2003
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
Family Guy
1999
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
1998
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
The Willows in Winter
1996
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
In Love and War
1996
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
1995
The Wind in the Willows
1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
The Madness of King George
1994
Portrait or Bust
Portrait or Bust
1994
Selling Hitler
1993
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Julie Walters and Friends
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Ashenden
Ashenden
1991
Building Sights
1988
Dinner at Noon
1988
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads
1988
Little Dorrit
1987
Fortunes of War
1987
Dreamchild
1985
The Glass Box
The Glass Box
1985
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Intensive Care
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
Afternoon Off
1979
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
Long Shot
1978
The South Bank Show
1978
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
Hamlet
1970
Play for Today
1970
Every Home Should Have One
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Omnibus
1967
Alice in Wonderland
1966
On the Margin
On the Margin
1966
The Drinking Party
The Drinking Party
1965
Beyond the Fringe
1964
Tempo
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951