Tony Benn
Known for: Acting
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn was a British politician, writer, and diarist. He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s.
Filmography
Series
Panorama
1953
Series
Arena
Self
1975
Series
Horizon
1964
Series
Newsnight
1980
Series
Wogan
1982
Series
Democracy Now!
2001
Series
GMTV
1993
Series
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Series
American Masters
1986
Series
World in Action
1963
Series
Later... with Jools Holland
Self
1992
Series
Timeshift
Self
2002
Series
Timeshift
Self - Postmaster General
2002
Series
Timeshift
2002
Series
This Week
2003
Series
HARDtalk
1997
Series
Timewatch
1982
Open Air
1986
Daily Politics
2003
How We Used To Live
1968
Film
Sicko
Self
2007
Series
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Series
One Pair of Eyes
1967
Series
Weekend World
1972
Series
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Open Space
1983
The Late Edition
2005
This Week
The Big Story
1993
Series
The Book Show
2006
Series
The Money Programme
1966
After Dark
1987
30 Minutes
2004
Series
The Week We Went To War
2009
Series
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years
1993
Banned in the UK
Self
2005
Film
Kenny Dalglish
Self - Politician / Activist
2025
Film
Laissez-faire
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Spirit of '45
Himself - Contributor
2013
Series
Late Night Line-Up
1964
Film
London: The Modern Babylon
Self - Interviewee
2012
Series
The Mark Steel Lectures
2003
Film
We Are Many
2014
Folk Britannia
2006
Clive Anderson Talks Back
1989
Series
The Wilderness Years
Self
1995
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
In Confidence
2010
Strike: When Britain Went to War
2003
Film
The Red and the Blue
Self (uncredited)
1983
Series
Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun
1999
A Week in Politics
1983
Series
Clarkson's Car Years
2000
Film
Unlawful Killing
2011
Film
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth
2013
Series
Wasted Windfall
Self
1994
Film
13 Hours That Saved Britain
2011
Film
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
1999
Beyond A Joke
2009
Series
The Story of British Pathe
2011
Series
Paul O Grady's Working Britain
2013
Film
Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader
Self (Archive)
2014
Film
Ethos
Self
2011
Film
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Self
2003
Turning Points of History
Film
The Atom: A Love Affair
2019
Film
Anyone for Pennis?
1995
Film
Cabinet Confidential
Self
2001
Series
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
2002
Film
Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady
2012
Film
Harold Wilson: A Life
Self
1995
Film
Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell
Self
1995
Film
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
Self
2012
Film
Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain
2013
Film
Missing Presumed Wiped
2001
The Sunday Programme
1994
Film
The Battle of Orgreave
Self
2002
Tony Benn: Will and Testament
2014
Film
Entertaining the Troops
2011
Westminster: Behind Closed Doors with Tony Benn
1995
Film
Taking Liberties
2007
Film
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
Self
2011
The Sunday Edition
2006
Open To Question
1984
Film
Beyond and Behind the Vote
Himself
1984
Film
How to Be Prime Minister
Self
1996
Film
News from Durham
Himself
1983
Film
Blackpool Wakes
Self
1989
Series
The Late Show
1988
Film
Shades
Self (archive footage)
1982
Designing The Decades
2003
Film
The Scar
Himself (uncredited)
1997