Nothing Like a Dame

Overview

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.

Directed by Roger Michell

Top cast

Maggie Smith

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Judi Dench

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Eileen Atkins

Self

Joan Plowright

Self

Robert Altman

Self (archive footage)

Frank Finlay

Self (archive footage)

John Gielgud

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Julian Glover

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Sheridan Morley

Self (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier

Self (archive footage)

Kim Philby

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Vanessa Redgrave

Self (archive footage)

Robert Stephens

Self (archive footage)

Michael Aspel

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Bates

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Devine

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edith Evans

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Hoskins

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rory Kinnear

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roger Michell

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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