Alan Bennett Movies

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

A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature...

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...

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

Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.

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

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

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...

A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.

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

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

A monologue, originally shown on the BBC. Miss Fozzard is a lonely, middle-aged department-store clerk in Soft Furnishings whose free time is mostly...

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

Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie’s father...

Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.

An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”, but ends up learning just as much about...

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...

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,...

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

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