Alan Bennett: movies and TV shows
Alan Bennett has 123 credits in the archive: 87 films and 36 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 1982 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Choral | Film | 6.4 | 91 | |
| 2025 | Innes Lloyd: The Producer | Self | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2024 | Alan Bennett: 90 Years On | Film | — | 90 | |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Film | 5.2 | 89 | |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Film | 5.2 | 89 | |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 88 |
| 2022 | Stewart Lee: Tornado | Self | Film | 7.0 | 88 |
| 2022 | Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | TV | 7.6 | 86 | |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | TV | 7.6 | 86 | |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III | Film | 6.3 | 84 | |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Allelujah! | Film | — | 84 | |
| 2017 | Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety | Himself | Film | — | 83 |
| 2016 | Alan Bennett's Diaries | Himself | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Alan Bennett (2014) | Film | 6.4 | 81 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Film | 6.4 | 81 | |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Hector | Film | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: People | Film | 8.0 | 79 | |
| 2013 | The Native Hue of Resolution | Film | 10.0 | 79 | |
| 2013 | Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time | Mole (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2012 | My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2011 | Books: The Last Chapter? | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Film | 8.0 | 76 | |
| 2009 | Being Alan Bennett | Himself | Film | — | 75 |
| 2006 | The History Boys | Film | 6.6 | 72 | |
| 2006 | The History Boys | Film | 6.6 | 72 | |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | Film | 4.8 | 70 |
| 2003 | Meg and Mog | Owl | TV | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2003 | Thora Hird Tribute | Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited) | Film | — | 69 |
| 2003 | The Importance of Being Morrissey | Self | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2000 | Telling Tales | TV | — | 66 | |
| 2000 | Telling Tales | TV | — | 66 | |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Alan Bennett (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 1998 | Talking Heads 2 | Film | 8.5 | 64 | |
| 1998 | Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics | (voice) | Film | — | 64 |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | Sillery | TV | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1996 | In Love and War | Porter | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1996 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse | Timmy Willie (voice) | Film | — | 62 |
| 1996 | The Willows in Winter | Mole | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1995 | The Wind in the Willows | Mole | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 1995 | Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook | Self | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | 2nd MP | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | Film | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | Film | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1994 | Portrait or Bust | Himself | Film | — | 60 |
| 1994 | Portrait or Bust | Film | — | 60 | |
| 1993 | Selling Hitler | Hugh Trevor-Roper | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1991 | Ashenden | Grantly Caypor | TV | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1991 | A Question of Attribution | Film | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1991 | Julie Walters and Friends | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1991 | Julie Walters and Friends | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1991 | Julie Walters and Friends | TV | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 1991 | Julie Walters and Friends | TV | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 1991 | A Life in Death | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1990 | 102 Boulevard Haussmann | Film | 7.5 | 56 | |
| 1989 | Screen One | TV | 7.2 | 55 | |
| 1988 | Building Sights | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 54 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Graham Whittaker | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | TV | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | TV | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | TV | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Film | 5.0 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Film | 5.0 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Film | 5.0 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Dinner at Noon | Himself - Presenter | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1988 | Dinner at Noon | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Lord Pinkrose | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | The Bishop | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1986 | The Insurance Man | Film | 5.9 | 52 | |
| 1986 | Man and Music | TV | — | 52 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | TV | 7.1 | 51 | |
| 1985 | Dreamchild | Mock Turtle (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1985 | The Glass Box | Self (archival footage) | TV | — | 51 |
| 1984 | A Private Function | Film | 6.4 | 50 | |
| 1984 | A Private Function | Film | 6.4 | 50 | |
| 1983 | An Englishman Abroad | Film | 6.1 | 49 | |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection | TV | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Justice Shallow | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1982 | Our Winnie | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1982 | Intensive Care | Denis Midgley | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1982 | Intensive Care | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1982 | Say Something Happened | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Self - Various Roles | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1982 | A Woman of No Importance. | Film | 10.0 | 48 | |
| 1982 | Rolling Home | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1982 | Marks | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1979 | The Old Crowd | Film | 5.4 | 45 | |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off | Mr Petty | Film | — | 45 |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1979 | All Day on the Sands | Film | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1979 | One Fine Day | Film | 5.3 | 45 | |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1978 | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1978 | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1978 | A Visit from Miss Prothero | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1978 | A Visit from Miss Prothero | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1978 | Doris and Doreen | Film | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1978 | Long Shot | Neville's Doctor | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | TV | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1977 | Premiere | TV | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1977 | A Little Outing | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | TV | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1976 | Pleasure at Her Majesty's | Self | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1975 | Sunset Across the Bay | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1972 | A Day Out | Film | 5.5 | 38 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 37 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Denis Midgley | TV | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 36 | |
| 1970 | Every Home Should Have One | Defence Solicitor | Film | 4.9 | 36 |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Osric | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Osric | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1966 | Alice in Wonderland | Mouse | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1966 | On the Margin | TV | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1965 | The Drinking Party | Eryximachus | Film | — | 31 |
| 1964 | Beyond the Fringe | Various Characters | Film | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1964 | Beyond the Fringe | Film | 7.5 | 30 | |
| 1961 | Tempo | Self | TV | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Osric | TV | 8.8 | 17 |