The Alan Bennett CollectionThe Alan Bennett Collection
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DVD, 2011
Current format, DVD, 2011, , All copies in use.
DVD, 2011
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A day out: A Halifax cycling club takes an outing to Bolton Abbey in the summer of 1911. Sunset across the bay: A retired couple leave their home in Leeds for a new home by the beach. A visit from Miss Prothero: Arthur Dodsworth, retired, receives an unwelcome visit from his charmless former secretary. Our Winnie: A mentally handicapped woman lives with her elderly mother and aunt. A woman of no importance: A woman tells us all about her life. An Englishman abroad: The notorious spy Guy Burgess meets the actress Coral Browne in Moscow, and sends her on a rather counterrevolutionary mission. The insurance man: A young man named Franz notices he is developing a skin rash. When he complains to his employer, he is layed off. He appeals his case to an insurance clerk named Kafka. Dinner at noon: A reminiscence of living in boarding-houses. 102 Boulevard Haussmann: Marcel Proust befriends a wounded serviceman. A question of attribution: Sir Anthony Blunt, former spy, is now restoring art, and while working in Buckingham Palace, has a conversation with the Queen. Portrait or bust: Alan Bennett lectures on art.
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