Alan Bennett
Andrew Marr talks to the writer Alan Bennett.
On Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to the writer Alan Bennett about his life and work. As he publishes his third and, he says, final selection of his diaries, Keeping On Keeping On, Bennett reflects on his reputation for tweeness, his radical politics and sexuality. He writes, "Nothing is ever quite so bad that one can't write it down or so shameful either, though this took me a long time to learn with my earliest diaries reticent and even prudish."
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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The History Boys
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Stephen Campbell-Moore as Irwin
The Lady in the Van
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Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd
A Day Out
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James Cossins as Mr Shorter
David Waller as Mr Shuttleworth
The Uncommon Reader – read by Alan Bennett
±«Óãtv Radio 4 - 2007
2 readings from Keeping On Keeping On:
Diary entry 21 May 2011 (p247)
Sermon before the University, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, 1 June 2014 – Fair Play (p399)
Keeping On Keeping On is published by Faber & Faber and Profile Books.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Andrew Marr |
| Interviewed Guest | Alan Bennett |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 31 Oct 2016 09:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Mon 31 Oct 2016 21:30±«Óãtv Radio 4
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