Film 2006 | Episode 16: The History Boys
Based on The History Boys by Alan Bennett
Jonathan Ross presents review of the new film releases, including The History Boys.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC One
- Duration: 5'58''
- Broadcast date: 2006
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
Start the Week | Nicholas Hytner
Hytner made his name and fortune in the 1990s with the musical Miss Saigon. Further successes came with theatre and film productions of The Madness of King George and The History Boys, and the sell-out One Man, Two Guvnors. During the year of the pandemic Hytner has sought to keep the theatre afloat with performances of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.
Private Passions | Alan Bennett
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.