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Second series of monologues written by Alan Bennett. Rosemary takes over the care of a neighbour's garden after they have a brush with the law.
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Alan Bennett
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Andrew Marr talks to the writer Alan Bennett. Show more
Sir Nicholas Hytner interviews playwright Alan Bennett, ranging across 40 years of his work for stage, television and cinema, on the eve of his 80th birthday. Show more
An elderly couple realise their dream of retiring to the seaside in Morecambe, only to find that making a life in their new home is much harder than they expected.
A young man is drawn into a frightening world of double speak when his claim for an industrial injury is thwarted by an officious bureaucrat.
Front Row
Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner, Diversity in children's fiction, Yves Klein at Blenheim Place
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner discuss new play Allelujah!, set in a geriatric ward of a Yorkshire hospital. Plus an exhibition of Yves Klein at Bleinheim Palace. Show more
In the setting of the Crown Hotel in Harrogate, with its leisure breaks and conference facilities, Alan Bennett reflects on the subject of class.
1 hour, 11 minutes
Alan Bennett's drama about the double life led by Sir Anthony Blunt, Soviet agent and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. Show more
A monologue by Alan Bennett. A widow starts to take control of her own life - only to discover that all her assets have been stripped away. Show more
Alan Bennett-penned monologue in which Maggie Smith plays the vicar's wife who finds a vision of God at the local off-licence.
35 minutes
A monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Thora Hird as an independent old lady who has a fall that decides her future.
Alan Bennett's drama about a woman with learning difficulties, her mother and aunt. They meet two art students in a cemetery, one of whom takes their photograph. Show more
Saturday Drama
Alan Bennett - Denmark Hill
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Idiosyncratic take on Hamlet seen largely through the eyes of a 15-year old-girl. Narrated by Alan Bennett with Bryony Hannah. Show more
Alan Bennett reflects on his dramatic experiences with pigs, boa constrictors and steaming – or not so steaming – manure. Show more
Alan Bennett's drama based on a meeting between actress Coral Browne and spy Guy Burgess. A mystery man appears in Coral's dressing room. What does he want with her face powder? Show more
The Andrew Marr Show
15/07/2018
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament
Andrew's guests include prime minister Theresa May, mayor of London Sadiq Khan and writer Alan Bennett. Ayesha Hazarika, Amanda Platell and Jon Sopel review the newspapers. Show more
Reading from his diaries, Alan breaks into a medieval Abbey and acts on stage for the first time in 20 years. Show more
Alan reflects on the “back place” in writers’ lives, and talks about hiding – or not hiding – under Dudley Moore’s bed. Show more
Reading from his diaries, Alan Bennett has ice cream poured down the back of his raincoat – and is robbed of £1500. Show more
Film adaptation of Alan Bennett's acclaimed stage play, starring Richard Griffiths. Eight history pupils apply to Oxbridge, but they are caught in a clash of education styles. Show more