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Dinner at Noon

Dinner at Noon

1988TV Episode⏱️ 38m
Documentary
7.4
IMDB Rating
48 votes

Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the genteel Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate in the north of England. He observes the guests, and reminisces about his experiences of staying in boarding-houses as a child.

Director
Stuart Burge
Writers
N/A
Stars
Alan Bennett
Release Date
August 8, 1988
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
as Self - Presenter

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Filming Location
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Production
BBC Bristol

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Wonderful short documentary
by runamokprods2013-02-17
9/10

"A wonderful short documentary as Alan Bennett explores the Crown Hotel in Harrogate UK. It's an interesting mix; some stolen moments of hotel guests interacting, often filled with real dialogue that could be right out of one of Bennett's witty, and affectionately satirical pieces about people from all of Britain's various walks of life. But the piece is dominated by Bennett himself, musing to camera on the boyhood memories that are brought back by the various sights, sounds and characters at the hotel. A little like Bennet's "Telling Tales" in that sense, but I fo..."

📖 Synopsis

Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the genteel Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate in the north of England. He observes the guests, and reminisces about his experiences of staying in boarding-houses as a child.