Bennett, Alan (Leeds, Yorkshire, 9 May 1934 – )

Last Edited: 27-Nov-2011 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas


Plays

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Location

Status

Play: 1968
BBC 2000
R7:
04-Apr-2004
11-Sep-2004

Forty Years On

Alan Bennett, Eleanor Bron, Robert Bathurst, Adam Godlieb,
Aureal Smith, Elon Goodman, Nickolas Bolton, Gavin Muir
Boys from Kings College School, Wimbledon
Adapted and directed by Gordon House
Fanfares by Colin Sell, students of East 15 Acting School
Piano by Peter Ringros

88:08, 82642, S

M-GN-001
BBC 7 web

Ga

1982
Broadcast R7:
25-Jan-2004

A Woman of No Importance

Patricia Routledge
Directed by Richard Wortley

44:19, 31166, S

BBC 7 web

Ga

31-May-2004

Two in Torquay

Alan Bennett, Judi Dench

14:08, 13265, S

BBC R4

Ga

R7:
18-Sep-2004

Kafka’s Dick

Nigel Anthony, Micheal Cochrane, Alison Steadman, Richard Griffiths,
Peter Woodthorpe, Timothy Bates
Adapted by Gregory Evans
Directed by Gordon House

90:41, 85023, S

BBC 7 web

Ga

18-Jan-2004

The Last of the Sun

Thora Hird
Produced by Alan Bennett and Colin Smith

40:23, 37868, S

PC D/L

Ga

29-Oct-1994
R7:
17-Sep-2005

An Englishman Abroad

Michael Gambon, Penelope Wilton, Lala Lloyd, John Baddiley,
Michael Higgs, Dominic Letts, Peter Kenney, John Nivitz,
Malcolm Ward, Paul Panting, Gareth Armstrong
Adapted and directed by Hilary Nomisch

47:18, 44356, S

PC D/L

Ga

16-Sep-2006

An Englishman Abroad

Brigit Forsyth, Simon Callow, Peter Swander, Robert Pickavance
Producer/director Susan Roberts

87:14, 81797, S
as a double bill

BBC R4 G

16-Sep-2006

A Question of Attribution

Edward Petherbridge, Robert Pickavance, Nicky Henson, Prunella
Scales, Dan Stevens, Harry Myers
Producer/director Susan Roberts

87:14, 81797, S
as a double bill

BBC R4 G

R7:
05-Nov-2003
06-Nov-2003
03-Nov-2003
07-Nov-2003
04-Nov-2003

Talking Heads

  1. A New Introduction
  2. A Chip in the Sugar
  3. A Lady of Letters
  4. Her Big Chance
  5. Soldiering On
  6. A Cream Cracker under the Settee
  7. Bed among the Lentils

Music by George Fenton
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett, Directed by Matthew Walters
Patricia Routledge, Directed by David Hitchinson
Julie Walters, Directed by Matthew Walters
Stephanie Cole, Directed by David Hitchinson
Thord Hird, John Bull, Directed by Matthew Walters
Anna Massey, Directed by Matthew Walters

13:52, 3254, m
33:28, 31382, S
32:54, 30848, S
34:07, 7999, m
33:42, 31602, S
28:34, 26794, S
32:44, 30698, S

PW D/L
BBC 7 web
BBC 7 web
PW D/L
BBC 7 web
BBC 7 web
BBC 7 web

Ga

 

Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

Patricia Routledge

41:07, 9638, m

PW D/L

Ga

R3:
31-Dec-2007

The History Boys

Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Geoffrey Streatfield,
Clive Merrison, Sasha Darwin, Samuel Anderson, Dominic
Cooper, Andrew Knott, Samuel Barnett, Russell Tovey, Jamie
Parker, James Cordon
Adapted and directed by Richard Wortley
Produced by David Hunter

149:41, 140330, S

PW D/L
BBC 3 web

Ga

 

The Madness of King George

Jim Broadbent, Cheryl Campbell, Adam Godley, Nicholas
Farrell, Alan Armstrong, Geoffrey Whitehead, John Rowe,
Michael Cochrane, Stephen Hogan, Nicholas Boulton,
David Thorpe, Richenda Carey, Ben Crowe, Nigel
Anthony, Hugh Dickson
Adapted by John Foley
Directed by David Hitchinson

45:15, 10609, m
44:10, 10354, m

PW D/L

Ga

21-Feb-2009

The Lady in the Van

Maggie Smith, Adrian Scarborough, Alan Bennett, Marcia
Warren, Matt Addis, Janice Acquah, Stephen Critchlow,
Caroline Guthrie, Philip Fox, Jonathan Tafler,
Malcolm Tierney
adapted by Gordon House
Music composed by Simon Morecroft; director Gordon House

87:07, 81685, S

BBC R4

Ga

 

The Lady in the Van

Written and read by Alan Bennett

64:52, 15207, m
17:23, 4078, m

PW D/L

Ya

R7:
26-Sep-2005 to 07-Oc-2005

Telling Tales

    1. A Strip of Blue
    2. Our War
    3. An Ideal Home
    4. Shy Butcher
    5. Days Out
    6. Proper Names
    7. Eating Out
    8. Aunt Eveline
    9. Unsaid Prayers
    10. No Mean City

Written and read by Alan Bennett
Produced by Mary Kalemkerian

13:28, 12628, S
13:57, 13090, S
13:47, 12934, S
14:10, 13286, S
14:05, 13220, S
12:16, 11516, S
13:11, 12370, S
14:05, 13218, S
13:02, 12236, S
13:21, 12522, S

BBC 7 web

Ga

R4:
10-Oct-2005 to
14-Oct-2005

Untold Stories

Written and read by Alan Bennett
Abridged and Produced by Gordon House

13:44, 6443, m
13:36, 6383, m
13:36, 6377, m
13:29, 6328, m
13:46, 6459, m

BBC R4

Ga

20-Nov-2006 to
24-Nov-2006

More Untold Stories

    1. Thora Hird
    2. Arise Sir
    3. Seeing Stars
    4. A Common Assault
    5. Staring out of the Window

Written and read by Alan Bennett
Abridged and Produced by Gordon House

13:44, 6440, m
13:47, 6464, m
13:38, 6395, m
13:44, 6443, m
13:35, 6375, m

BBC R4

Ga

R4:

Father, Father, Burning Bright

Written and read by Alan Bennett
Directed by Ned Chaillet

27:46, 6509, m
27:46, 6512, m
22:18, 5228, m
20:53, 4896, m

PW D/L

Ga

 

Poetry in Motion

Written and read by Alan Bennett

37:40, 8830, m
35:38, 8356, m
37:43, 8844, m
35:09, 8240, m

PW D/L

Ya

 

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Read by Penelope Wilton

36:58, 8666, m

PW D/L

Ga

 

Playing Sandwiches

read by David Haye

33:24, 7831, m

PW D/L

Ga

 

The Outside Dog

read by Julie Walters

29:21, 6880, m

PW D/L

Ga

 

Waiting for the Telegram

read by Thora Hird

27:34, 6464, m

PW D/L

Ga

 

Uncle Clarence

read by Alan Bennett

19:11, 4499, m

PW D/L

Ga

 

The Laying on of Hands

read by Alan Bennett
produced by Colin Smith

35:48, 8394, m
35:10, 8246, m
33:51, 7936, m
33:46, 7915, m

PW D/L

Ga

R7:
23-Dec-2004

Hymn

Written and performed by Alan Bennett
Music by George Fenton, the Medici Quartet
Produced by Mary Kalemkarian

43:17, 40593, S

BBC 7 web
PW D/L

Ga

R4:
10-Sep-2007 to
14-Sep-2007

The Uncommon Reader

Read by Alan Bennett
Producer Gordon House

13:52, 13012, S
13:52, 13013, S
13:49, 12954, S
13:41, 12842, S
13:56, 13078, S

BBC R4

Ga

ABC:
14-Nov-2011 to
25-Nov-2011

The Uncommon Reader

Read by: William Zappa
Producer: Libby Douglas

14:20, 13417, S
14:21, 13433, S
14:21, 13438, S
14:21, 13439, S
14:23, 13470, S
14:30, 13571, S
14:30, 13571, S
14:30, 13571, S
14:30, 13576, S
14:30, 13571, S

BBC R4

Ga

07-Jan-2010 to
15-Jan-2010

The Clothes They Stood Up in

Read by Alan Bennett
Abridged and produced by Jillian Hush

14:34,13670, S
14:29, 13592, S
14:45, 13831, S
14:41, 13768, S
14:18, 13411, S
14:35, 13685, S
14:37, 13719, S

BBC R7 PC D/L

Ga

R4:
04-Oct-2005

Front Row – An Interview with Alan Bennett

Mark Lawson, Alan Bennett

63:40, 29846, m

BBC R4

Ga

 

Alan Bennett at the BBC

 

41:26, 38260, S
40:39, 38118, S
37:25, 35088, S
36:25, 34155, S

PW D/L

Ga

15-Aug-2011 to
19-Aug-2011

The Shielding of Mrs. Forbes

read by Alan Bennett
Producer Gordon House

13:38, 12766, S
13:36, 12740, S
13:32, 12681, S
13:44, 12859, S
13:33, 12689, S

 
BBC R4 G

Individual Cuts, Comedy Performances

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Location

Status

 

Men’s Talk

Alan Bennett and John Fortune

10:27, 7356, S

M-AP-013

Ga

 

T E Lawrence

Alan Bennett

2:48, 1643, S

M-AP-013

Ga

 

Telegram

Alan Bennett

4:35, 3235, S

M-AP-013

Ga