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Alan Bennett in Leeds
2005
Alan Bennett delivering a monologue on writing and family background, sitting in churchyard. Shots of St Bartholemew's Church, Armley, Leeds.
A member of the production team reads aloud from Ruth Rendell's A Demon in My View, as an actor strangles a female mannequin in a dark basement
15/10/2004
Various shots of Ladywell Tavern and surrounding area as a man walks into the pub, sits at the bar and orders a drink; multiple takes.
Ruth Rendell sits on a bench in Regent's Park, watching passers-by
06/08/2004
Various shots of people in the park. Park Square East; walking through the Nursemaids' Tunnel connecting Park Square and Park Crescent; rose bushes; park gates. Production crew can be heard discussing...
Alan Bennett at Allerton High School and Leeds Town Hall
2005
Alan Bennett at Allerton High School Leeds, talking about his old school Leeds Modern, now rebuilt as Lawnswood school. Covers architectural preservation, univerisity, class mobility. Bennett inside L...
Caryl Phillips at Elland Road and Whinmoor Estate
23/01/2003
Phillips sits in the stands at Elland Road talking about racism in football, about receiving racist abuse from other Leeds United fans in the 1970s, football and Britishness. Exterior shots of Leeds U...
Interview with Harry Thompson
25/11/2004
Thompson talks about Not Only But Also, the BBC wiping comedy tapes in the 1970s and the context of the 'lost tapes', working to save Pete and Dud material while working at the BBC; Bedazzled and The ...