Writing
Alan Bennett
- Titles
- 69movies26TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2023, busiest in 1982 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 12top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Biographical3.8average 0.9
- Wit & Wordplay6.4average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism5.6average 3.3
- Satire & Parody4.5average 2.3
- Social Commentary7.1average 4.9
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Politics4.1average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.4, average 5.1
- Violence2.2, average 4.3
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
- Tension4.9, average 6.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 7
- Psychological Depth 4
- 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 Lady in the Van, In Love and War, The Madness of King George, The History Boys, Allelujah, +9 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
Julie WaltersActorPrick Up Your Ears, Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Julie Walters and Friends, Intensive Care, Say Something Happened- KKen PearceEditor102 Boulevard Haussmann, Sunset Across the Bay, An Englishman Abroad, The Insurance Man, A Day Out
- GGiles FosterDirectorTalking Heads, All Day on the Sands, A Woman of No Importance., Talking Heads, Say Something Happened
Stuart BurgeDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, Talking Heads 2, Talking Heads, Dinner at Noon
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: The Habit of Art, National Theatre Live: People
Patricia RoutledgeActorA Visit from Miss Prothero, A Woman of No Importance., Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet, Doris and Doreen
Gavin MillarDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, Intensive Care, Talking Heads 2
Udayan PrasadDirectorTalking Heads, One Fine Day, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, Talking Heads 2
Movies and TV shows
132000s
1 title
Meg and Mog (2003)
TV show · as Owl
1990s
5 titles · average score 70
77
Family Guy (1999)
TV show · as Alan Bennett (voice)
64
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
TV show · as Sillery
Selling Hitler (1991)
TV show · as Hugh Trevor-Roper
Ashenden (1991)
TV show · as Grantly Caypor
1980s
2 titles · average score 72
74
Talking Heads (1988)
TV show · as Graham Whittaker
70
Fortunes of War (1987)
TV show · as Lord Pinkrose
1970s
3 titles · average score 70
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV show · as Justice Shallow
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
TV show · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
70
Play for Today (1970)
TV show · as Denis Midgley
1960s
1 title
On the Margin (1966)
TV show
1950s
1 title · average score 83
83
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV show · as Osric