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Beyond the Fringe | Various Characters | 1964-12-12 | A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1962) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway (Octo… |
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The Wind in the Willows | Mole | 1995-12-24 | Kenneth Grahame’s literary classic about an enchanting world along the Riverbank has delighted readers for nearly a century. Now, this enduring belove… |
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The Willows in Winter | Mole | 1997-06-16 | Hailed as the “rightful heir” to “The Wind in the Willows”, William Horwood’s critically acclaimed sequel comes to magical life in this beautifully an… |
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Intensive Care | Denis Midgley | 1982-11-09 | When Denis Midgley’s father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They’ve never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sur… |
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Talking Heads | | 1988-04-19 | Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar’s wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopefu… |
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Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time | Mole (voice) | 2013-12-16 | 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, Sno… |
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Alan Bennett’s Diaries | Himself | 2016-11-16 | Documentary about British author and actor Alan Bennett. Recorded over the course of a year, the film features a number of intimate encounters with Be… |
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My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment | | 2012-01-16 | 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 birt… |
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Being Alan Bennett | Himself | 2009-12-05 | Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the life of Alan Bennett, one of the UK’s best-loved writers, with interviews, archive footage and new work…. |
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Portrait or Bust | Himself | 1994-04-04 | Alan Bennett’s personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery…. |
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Dinner at Noon | Himself – Presenter | 1988-08-09 | Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the north of England, observes the guests, and reminisces about his experiences of staying in boarding-houses as… |
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Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics | (voice) | 1998-01-01 | This animated clip comments on different educational opportunities for boys and girls, and points out the positive impact of making all opportunities … |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor | Justice Shallow | 1982-12-28 | When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Wh… |
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Pleasure at Her Majesty’s | Himself | 1976-12-29 | 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 He… |
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The Drinking Party | Eryximachus | 1965-11-14 | An interpretation of Plato’s Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love b… |
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Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety | Himself | 2017-09-30 | Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and his work. Following surges of popularity – from featuri… |
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Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook | Self | 1995-12-19 | A documentary about the life of British comedian and journalist Peter Cook…. |
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Stewart Lee: Tornado | Self | 2022-09-29 | The Bafta-winning Stewart Lee performs his latest touring show, focusing on a bizarrely erroneous description of his work on Netflix and a mind-boggli… |
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The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball | Himself – Various Roles | 1982-09-23 | Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese… |
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The Native Hue of Resolution | | 2013-12-21 | A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television…. |
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Selling Hitler | Hugh Trevor-Roper | 1991-06-11 | In 1981, Gerd Heidemann (Jonathan Pryce), a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and … |
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A Visit from Miss Prothero | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1978-01-11 | Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted… |
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Julie Walters and Friends | | 1991-12-29 | Julie Walters stars in new sketches by four accomplished writers who helped make her famous…. |
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Hector | 2013-11-02 | To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit… |
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In Love and War | Porter | 1996-12-18 | After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a beautiful ol… |
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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War | | 2022-07-01 | One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, is killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland in 194… |
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Alice in Wonderland | Mouse | 1966-12-26 | Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th… |
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The Importance of Being Morrissey | Himself | 2003-06-08 | Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously mel… |
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Long Shot | Neville’s Doctor | 1978-11-17 | A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and while he attracts some major stars and directors to the… |
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The Young Visiters | Narrator (voice) | 2003-12-26 | The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadverte… |
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Remember the Secret Policeman’s Ball ? | Himself | 2004-12-09 | The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters – from Python and Beyond the Fringe – and performer… |
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Me! I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Narrator (voice) | 1978-12-02 | A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother…. |
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Afternoon Off | Mr Petty | 1979-02-03 | 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 in… |
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Dreamchild | Mock Turtle (voice) | 1985-10-04 | Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll’s classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell (the book’s inspiration) a… |
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The Lady in the Van | Alan Bennett (2014) | 2015-10-30 | The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her … |
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Every Home Should Have One | Defence Solicitor | 1970-03-05 | Teddy, working at an advertising agency, has to come up with a campaign for frozen porridge…. |
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The Madness of King George | 2nd MP | 1994-12-28 | Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confu… |
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