Alan Bennett Movie Trailers

Waiting for the Telegram Trailer (1998)

11 November 1998

Violet is a confused, elderly woman in a nursing home who has been told by the excited staff she will soon be receiving a congratulatory telegram from the Queen in honour of her one hundredth birthday.

Bed Among the Lentils Trailer (1988)

03 May 1988

Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife who has to travel into Leeds to go to the off-licence because of her debts with the local shop keeper, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an affair with a nearby grocer, Ramesh Ramesh, discovering something about herself and God in the process.

Marks Trailer (1982)

10 December 1982

Les is an aimless young man, unemployed and still living with his mother. He decides to give her a p�

A Woman of No Importance. Trailer (1982)

19 November 1982

Award-winning one-woman drama starring Patricia Routledge. What do Miss Schofield and the gang find to talk about at their table in the canteen? Yesterday they were discussing the rash Pauline Lucas's mother keeps getting on her elbows.

A Lady of Letters Trailer (1988)

26 April 1988

A lonely woman fills her days by putting her many complaints in writing. Then the complaints evolve into harassment, and she may land in prison.

Playing Sandwiches Trailer (1998)

20 October 1998

Wilfred is, we discover over time, a reformed paedophile living under a false identity and working as a much-praised maintenance man in a public park.

Dinner at Noon Trailer (1988)

08 August 1988

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 a child.

Hamlet Trailer (1970)

17 November 1970

Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

Innes Lloyd: The Producer Trailer (2025)

24 March 2025

A look at the life and work of television producer Innes Lloyd

Being Alan Bennett Trailer (2009)

05 December 2009

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.

The Drinking Party Trailer (1965)

14 November 1965

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 before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse Trailer (1996)

26 December 1996

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 7. Two stories about homes: the first tells about two mice creating havoc in a lovely dollhouse, while the second focuses on the friendship between a country mouse and a town mouse.

A Day Out Trailer (1972)

24 December 1972

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey.

Beyond the Fringe Trailer (1964)

12 December 1964

A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway (October 1962).

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

This animated clip comments on different educational opportunities for boys and girls, and points out the positive impact of making all opportunities available to both sexes.