Writing
Alan Bennett
- Titles
- 69movies29TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2025, busiest in 1982 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 12top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Talking Heads 285/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay6.3average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism5.8average 3.3
- Biographical3.4average 0.9
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.6
- Satire & Parody4.6average 2.3
- Social Commentary7.0average 4.9
- Politics4.3average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.3, average 5.1
- Violence2.0, average 4.3
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
- Mystery2.9, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 6
- British Social Realism 4
- Character Study 4
- Sharp Dialogue 4
- Psychological Depth 4
- Intimate Storytelling 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Melancholy 3
- Political Satire 3
- Class Conflict 3
- Superb Acting 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
George FentonComposerThe Choral, The Lady in the Van, In Love and War, The Madness of King George, The History Boys, +10 more
Stephen FrearsDirectorPlay for Today, BBC2 Play of the Week, Prick Up Your Ears, Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Sunset Across the Bay, +5 more
Nicholas HytnerDirectorThe Choral, The Lady in the Van, The Madness of King George, The History Boys, National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage, +2 more- GGiles FosterDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, All Day on the Sands, A Woman of No Importance., Talking Heads, +1 more
Stuart BurgeDirectorPlay for Today, Breaking Up, Talking Heads, Talking Heads 2, Dinner at Noon, +1 more
Julie WaltersActorPrick Up Your Ears, Julie Walters and Friends, Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Intensive Care, Say Something Happened- KKen PearceEditorSunset Across the Bay, The Insurance Man, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, An Englishman Abroad, A Day Out
Richard GriffithsActorThe History Boys, A Private Function, The Merry Wives of Windsor, National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Frances de la TourActorThe Lady in the Van, National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage, National Theatre Live: People, National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Gavin MillarDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, Talking Heads 2, Intensive Care
Udayan PrasadDirectorTalking Heads, Talking Heads 2, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, One Fine Day
Maggie SmithActorThe Lady in the Van, A Private Function, Bed Among the Lentils
Movies and TV shows
352010s
6 titles · average score 72
72
The Lady in the Van (2015)
as Alan Bennett (2014)
2000s
1 title
Meg and Mog (2003)
TV show · as Owl
1990s
10 titles · average score 78
85
Talking Heads 2 (1998)
Writer
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse (1996)
as Timmy Willie (voice)
72
The Wind in the Willows (1995)
as Mole (voice)
82
The Madness of King George (1994)
as 2nd MP
Portrait or Bust (1994)
Writer
Selling Hitler (1993)
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
Julie Walters and Friends (1991)
TV show · Creator
1980s
8 titles · average score 79
76
Talking Heads (1988)
TV show · as Graham Whittaker
Dinner at Noon (1988)
Writer
Breaking Up (1986)
TV show · as Mr. Posner
85
Dreamchild (1985)
as Mock Turtle (voice)
77
A Private Function (1984)
Story, Screenplay
Intensive Care (1982)
as Denis Midgley
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
as Justice Shallow
1970s
7 titles · average score 72
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
as Narrator (voice)
A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Long Shot (1978)
as Neville's Doctor
72
Play for Today (1970)
TV show · as Denis Midgley
Hamlet (1970)
as Osric
1960s
2 titles
On the Margin (1966)
TV show
Beyond the Fringe (1964)
as Various Characters
1950s
1 title · average score 85
85
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV show · as Osric