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.
44 movies · 21 shows
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025·7.0
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024·0.0
Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022·7.0
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022·0.0
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017·0.0
Alan Bennett's Diaries
2016·6.0
The Lady in the Van
2015·6.4
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013·10.0
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013·6.0
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013·6.2
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012·0.0
Books: The Last Chapter?
2011·0.0
Being Alan Bennett
2009·0.0
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004·4.8
The Young Visiters
2003·5.3
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003·6.9
Thora Hird Tribute
2003·0.0
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
1998·0.0
The Willows in Winter
1996·6.7
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996·0.0
In Love and War
1996·5.9
The Wind in the Willows
1995·7.1
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995·8.0
The Madness of King George
1994·6.8
Portrait or Bust
1994·0.0
Selling Hitler
1993·8.0
Julie Walters and Friends
1991·0.0
Dinner at Noon
1988·8.0
Talking Heads
1988·5.0
Little Dorrit
1987·6.4
Dreamchild
1985·6.6
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982·8.0
Intensive Care
1982·9.0
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982·6.3
Afternoon Off
1979·0.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978·10.0
Long Shot
1978·9.0
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978·7.0
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976·7.0
Hamlet
1970·7.0
Every Home Should Have One
1970·4.9
Alice in Wonderland
1966·6.0
The Drinking Party
1965·0.0
Beyond the Fringe
1964·7.5