Synopsis
Michael Berkeley's guest this week is Alan Bennett. Music choices include Ella Fitzgerald singing 'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered'. This last song inspired The History Boys when Alan Bennett heard it on Private Passions in 2001.
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Other Archive resources
Bennett on Bennett | 5: Postscript
'Sometimes as I'm standing by their grave I try and get a picture of my parents, Dad in his waistcoat and shirtsleeves, Mam in her blue coat and shiny straw hat.' In this poetic monologue, Alan Bennett movingly describes visiting his parents' grave in his North Yorkshire village.
Bennett on Bennett | 4: Star Gazing
In a compilation of asides from the late 1990s and early 2000s, Alan Bennett turns his gaze onto the showbiz world and the results are as moving as they are amusing.