Alan Bennett
Known for: Writing
Born: May 9, 1934
Place of birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
71 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
6.5
The Choral
2025
7.0
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
NR
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
5.2
Allelujah
2023
7.0
Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022
NR
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
7.0
Remembers…
2022
7.6
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020
6.3
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018
NR
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018
NR
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017
6.0
Alan Bennett's Diaries
2016
6.4
The Lady in the Van
2015
10.0
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
6.0
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
8.0
National Theatre Live: People
2013NR
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
NR
Books: The Last Chapter?
2011
8.0
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
NR
Being Alan Bennett
2009
6.6
The History Boys
2006
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
5.3
The Young Visiters
2003
8.0
Meg and Mog
2003
6.9
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
NR
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
NR
Telling Tales
2000
7.4
Family Guy
1999
8.5
Talking Heads 2
1998
NR
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
1998
5.9
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
6.7
The Willows in Winter
1996
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
5.9
In Love and War
1996
NR
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
1995
7.1
The Wind in the Willows
1995
8.0
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
6.8
The Madness of King George
1994NR
Portrait or Bust
1994
8.0
Selling Hitler
1993
NR
Julie Walters and Friends
19917.0
Julie Walters and Friends
19916.0
Ashenden
1991
6.8
A Question of Attribution
1991
NR
A Life in Death
1991
7.5
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
7.2
Screen One
1989
NR
Building Sights
1988
8.0
Dinner at Noon
1988
5.0
Talking Heads
1988
6.7
Talking Heads
1988
6.4
Little Dorrit
1987
6.3
Fortunes of War
1987
6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
198710.0
Breaking Up
1986
5.9
The Insurance Man
1986NR
Man and Music
1986
6.6
Dreamchild
1985NR
The Glass Box
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.4
A Private Function
1984
6.1
An Englishman Abroad
1983
8.0
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
NR
Say Something Happened
1982
NR
Marks
1982
NR
Rolling Home
1982
10.0
A Woman of No Importance.
1982
NR
Our Winnie
1982
8.0
Objects of Affection
1982
9.0
Intensive Care
1982
6.3
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
7.0
All Day on the Sands
1979
5.3
One Fine Day
1979
NR
Afternoon Off
1979
5.4
The Old Crowd
1979
6.5
Doris and Doreen
1978
10.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
9.0
Long Shot
1978
5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
7.0
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
NR
A Little Outing
19777.0
Premiere
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
7.0
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
7.5
Sunset Across the Bay
1975
5.5
A Day Out
19725.1
Film '72
1971
7.0
Hamlet
1970
6.6
Play for Today
1970
4.9
Every Home Should Have One
1970
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
7.2
Omnibus
1967
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
19667.0
On the Margin
1966NR
The Drinking Party
1965
7.5
Beyond the Fringe
1964
8.0
Tempo
1961
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951