After the success of the play, "The History Boys" team was turned into a movie featuring the same original cast, director Nicholas Hytner and playwright Alan Bennett providing the screenplay. This is a behind the scenes documentary that shines a light on this transformation to the screen and the great experiences the young cast (and the veteran actors as well) had while making ...
The BBC presents a rare glimpse into the life and work of one of Britain's best-loved writers. With exclusive access to the key moments of his year, including final rehearsals of his play The Habit of Art, the programme gains unique insight into someone who can truly be described as a national treasure - a title Alan Bennett would no doubt hate. Through candid interviews, class...
A programme made to mark Sir John Gielgud's 90th birthday. From the stage at the Old Vic, where he first walked in 1921, Gielgud discusses some of his key performances over seven decades. Sir Peter Hall and Sir Alec Guiness comment on his work.
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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. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three of the four toilets don't work and cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling. However, nothing can dent their determinatio...
Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie's father is buried. Also in the cemetery are two art students, one of whom (Liz) asks if she can take a photograph of the three women. She takes it while they are not prepared, making them look ridiculous (Cora is putting her make-up on, Winnie is...
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
Pleasure At Her Majesty's was the name given to the filmed release of A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick), 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 Her Majesty's Theatre, London). In America, the film was originally called Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe.
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Irritated by a dismissive use of the phrase "talking heads" to describe the most boring parts of the schedule, Alan Bennett set out to restore the monologue – which had become associated with music hall or stand-up comedy – to the heart of TV drama. Patricia Routledge as a dying office busybody in A Woman of No Importance (1982) was effectively a pilot for two later series of s...