The South Bank Show · SEASON 29
Alan Bennett
Episode 7 · 2005-10-09

- Documentary
- Talk
Episode overview
Alan Bennett rarely does television interviews. He claims that if you want to find out about him, “it’s all in the work”. But in this exclusive ‘South Bank Show’ one of Britain’s best loved playwrights and diarist agrees to talk candidly about his life, work and what inspires him. Filmed with specially shot monologues and pieces to camera.
60 minutes
Season 29 episodes
1. Margot Fonteyn (1)2005-08-07
2. Margot Fonteyn (2)2005-08-14
3. Sophie Calle2005-08-21
4. Karl Jenkins2005-09-11
5. Eric Sykes2005-09-18
6. Maxim Vengerov2005-10-02
7. Alan Bennett2005-10-09
8. Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman2005-10-16
9. The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film)2005-10-23
10. Peter Hall (1)2005-10-30
11. Peter Hall (2)2005-11-06
12. Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special2005-12-25
13. Armando Iannucci