Writing
Alan Bennett
- Titles
- 70movies30TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2025, busiest in 1982 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 13top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Hamlet90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.7average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay6.3average 3.7
- Biographical3.5average 0.9
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism5.4average 3.3
- Satire & Parody4.3average 2.3
- Social Commentary6.8average 4.9
- Politics4.0average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.5, average 5.1
- Violence2.1, average 4.3
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
- Tension4.7, average 6.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 7
- Psychological Depth 5
- Sharp Dialogue 4
- Character Study 4
- Melancholy 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Character Studies 3
- Thought-Provoking 3
- British Television 3
- Witty Dialogue 3
- Intimate Storytelling 3
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, One Fine Day, +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
Stuart BurgeDirectorPlay for Today, Breaking Up, Talking Heads, Talking Heads 2, Talking Heads, +1 more- GGiles FosterDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, All Day on the Sands, A Woman of No Importance., Talking Heads, +1 more
Julie WaltersActorPrick Up Your Ears, Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Julie Walters and Friends, Intensive Care, Say Something Happened- KKen PearceEditorSunset Across the Bay, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, The Insurance Man, 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
Patricia RoutledgeActorA Visit from Miss Prothero, A Woman of No Importance., Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet, Doris and Doreen
Frances de la TourActorThe Lady in the Van, National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage, National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art, National Theatre Live: People
Udayan PrasadEditorTalking Heads, One Fine Day, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, Talking Heads 2
Gavin MillarDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, Intensive Care, Talking Heads 2
Movies and TV shows
412020s
3 titles · average score 67
2010s
5 titles · average score 71
2000s
1 title · average score 70
70
The History Boys (2006)
Screenplay, Author
1990s
8 titles · average score 76
78
Talking Heads 2 (1998)
Writer
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet (1998)
Writer, Executive Producer
80
The Madness of King George (1994)
as 2nd MP
Portrait or Bust (1994)
Writer
A Life in Death (1991)
Writers' Assistant
1980s
13 titles · average score 72
68
Talking Heads (1988)
Director, Writer
Dinner at Noon (1988)
Writer
Bed Among the Lentils (1988)
Writer, Director
77
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Screenplay
The Insurance Man (1986)
Writer
77
A Private Function (1984)
Story, Screenplay
Intensive Care (1982)
as Denis Midgley
Rolling Home (1982)
Writer
Our Winnie (1982)
Writer
1970s
10 titles
One Fine Day (1979)
Writer
The Old Crowd (1979)
Writer
Afternoon Off (1979)
as Mr Petty
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
as Narrator (voice)
A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Doris and Doreen (1978)
Writer
A Little Outing (1977)
Writer
A Day Out (1972)
Writer
1960s
1 title
Beyond the Fringe (1964)
as Various Characters