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Tony Benn

Tony Benn

Known for: Acting

Born 03/04/1925
Died 2014-03-14
Place of birth Marylebone, London, England, UK

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

Horizon Series ★ 7,4

Horizon

1964

Wogan Series ★ 5,3

Wogan

1982

Panorama Series ★ 6,3

Panorama

1953

Arena Series ★ 7,2

Arena

Self

1975

American Masters Series ★ 7,3

American Masters

1986

Newsnight Series ★ 6,0

Newsnight

1980

Question Time Series ★ 5,9

Question Time

Self - Panellist

1979

GMTV Series ★ 5,8

GMTV

1993

Democracy Now! Series ★ 6,9

Democracy Now!

2001

Later... with Jools Holland Series ★ 5,6

Later... with Jools Holland

Self

1992

Timewatch Series ★ 6,9

Timewatch

1982

World in Action Series ★ 7,0

World in Action

1963

This Week Series ★ 7,0

This Week

2003

Timeshift Series ★ 7,0

Timeshift

Self

2002

Timeshift Series ★ 7,0

Timeshift

Self - Postmaster General

2002

Timeshift Series ★ 7,0

Timeshift

2002

Series ★ 6,0

Open Air

1986

Series ★ 8,0

Daily Politics

2003

HARDtalk Series ★ 8,7

HARDtalk

1997

Series ★ 7,5

How We Used To Live

1968

The Money Programme Series ★ 8,0

The Money Programme

1966

Friday Night, Saturday Morning Series ★ 7,5

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

1979

Sicko Film ★ 7,4

Sicko

Self

2007

One Pair of Eyes Series ★ 7,0

One Pair of Eyes

1967

Taking Liberties Film ★ 6,4

Taking Liberties

2007

Series

Folk Britannia

2006

Weekend World Series

Weekend World

1972

The Week We Went To War Series ★ 5,0

The Week We Went To War

2009

Series

Banned in the UK

Self

2005

Series

In Confidence

2010

Clarkson's Car Years Series

Clarkson's Car Years

2000

Laissez-faire Film ★ 10,0

Laissez-faire

Self (archive footage)

2015

The 60s: The Beatles Decade Series

The 60s: The Beatles Decade

2008

Series ★ 7,0

The Late Edition

2005

The Wilderness Years Series

The Wilderness Years

Self

1995

The Mark Steel Lectures Series ★ 7,5

The Mark Steel Lectures

2003

Series

Open Space

1983

Ethos Film ★ 6,9

Ethos

Self

2011

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years Series ★ 10,0

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years

1993

We Are Many Film ★ 6,7

We Are Many

2014

London: The Modern Babylon Film ★ 6,4

London: The Modern Babylon

Self - Interviewee

2012

Series

The Big Story

1993

Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth Film ★ 7,2

Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth

2013

Unlawful Killing Film ★ 5,4

Unlawful Killing

2011

Series ★ 6,7

Clive Anderson Talks Back

1989

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy Series ★ 8,0

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

2002

The Book Show Series

The Book Show

2006

Wasted Windfall Series

Wasted Windfall

Self

1994

Film

Westminster: Behind Closed Doors with Tony Benn

1995

Series

After Dark

1987

The Late Show Series ★ 3,8

The Late Show

1988

13 Hours That Saved Britain Film ★ 6,3

13 Hours That Saved Britain

2011

Trust Me - I'm a Politician Film

Trust Me - I'm a Politician

Self

2003

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford Film ★ 6,4

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford

Self

2012

How to Be Prime Minister Film

How to Be Prime Minister

Self

1996

The Spirit of '45 Film ★ 6,1

The Spirit of '45

Himself - Contributor

2013

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Film ★ 8,0

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Self

1999

Film ★ 8,0

The Red and the Blue

Self (uncredited)

1983

Cabinet Confidential Film

Cabinet Confidential

Self

2001

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel Film

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel

Self

2011

News from Durham Film

News from Durham

Himself

1983

The Atom: A Love Affair Film ★ 6,5

The Atom: A Love Affair

2019

The Battle of Orgreave Film ★ 9,0

The Battle of Orgreave

Self

2002

The Story of British Pathe Series

The Story of British Pathe

2011

Late Night Line-Up Series ★ 6,7

Late Night Line-Up

1964

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady Film ★ 6,6

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady

2012

Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader Film

Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader

Self (Archive Footage)

2014

Shades Film

Shades

Self (archive footage)

1982

Series

30 Minutes

2004

Series

A Week in Politics

1983

Series ★ 5,0

Turning Points of History

Film

Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out

2009

Film ★ 6,0

Tony Benn: Will and Testament

2014

Series ★ 10,0

This Week

Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun Series

Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun

1999

Series

Beyond A Joke

2009

Series

Paul O Grady's Working Britain

2013

Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain Film

Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain

2013

Beyond and Behind the Vote Film

Beyond and Behind the Vote

Himself

1984

Series

The Sunday Programme

1994

The Scar Film ★ 7,0

The Scar

Himself (uncredited)

1997

Series

Open To Question

1984

Anyone for Pennis? Film

Anyone for Pennis?

1995

Entertaining the Troops Film

Entertaining the Troops

2011

Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell Film ★ 7,0

Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell

Self

1995

Missing Presumed Wiped Film ★ 8,5

Missing Presumed Wiped

2001

Series

Designing The Decades

2003

Series

The Sunday Edition

2006

Blackpool Wakes Film

Blackpool Wakes

Self

1989

Harold Wilson: A Life Film

Harold Wilson: A Life

Self

1995