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Biography (print)

Alexander Games. Backing into the Limelight: The Biography of Alan Bennett. London: Headline, 2001. ISBN 0747270309

Alan Bennett. Telling Tales. London: BBC Worldwide, 2000. ISBN 0563537736

Daphne Turner. Alan Bennett: In a Manner of Speaking. London: Faber and Faber, 1997. ISBN 0571177484

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Not Only But Always (2004) (TV)

Interview

"The Daily Telegraph" (UK)	6 October 2006, Iss. 47070, pg. 29, by: David Gritten, "'I felt a bit fraudulent': How did Alan Bennett go about turning his wildly acclaimed play 'The History Boys' into a film? By the cunning method of simply cutting and pasting pages of sparkling dialogue into the screenplay."
"Radio Times" (UK)	14 April 1990, pg. 94, by: David Gillard, "Too close for comfort?"

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"London Review of Books" (UK)	4 January 2007, Vol. 29, Iss. 1, pg. 3+5-8, by: Alan Bennett, "My 2006"
"Radio Times" (UK)	11 March 2006, Vol. 328, Iss. 4275, pg. 123, by: Alan Bennett, "The History Boys: Alan Bennett describes the origins of his play and wonders how his pupils are getting on"
"Radio Times" (UK)	8 October 2005, Vol. 327, Iss. 4254, pg. 125, by: Alan Bennett, "Alan Bennett writes specially for Radio Times about Tong Road in Leeds from where his family hails"
"Radio Times" (UK)	1 October 2005, Vol. 327, Iss. 4253, by: Terry Payne, "No place like home. The past is another country - and while filming a rare interview, writer Alan Bennett was reminded just how much times have changed"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	6 January 2005, Vol. 27, Iss. 1, pg. 3+5-8, by: Alan Bennett, "What I Did in 2004"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	4 November 2004, Vol. 26, Iss. 21, pg. 25-29, by: Alan Bennett, "A Common Assault"
"The Independent" (UK)	8 September 2004, Iss. 5583, pg. 3, by: Louise Jury, "Making History, with his Boys: Bennett's public school drama boosts the National"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	3 June 2004, Vol. 26, Iss. 11, pg. 20-22, by: Alan Bennett, "The History Boy"
"The Daily Telegraph" (UK)	20 May 2004, Iss. 46325, pg. 22, by: Daniel Johnson, "Bennett has a stab at rewriting the history of celebrity academics"
"The Daily Telegraph" (UK)	20 May 2004, Iss. 46325, pg. 18, by: Charles Spencer, "One of the best from Bennett"
"The Guardian" (UK)	20 May 2004, pg. 30, by: Michael Billington, "The main event"
"The Times" (UK)	20 May 2004, Iss. 68080, pg. 19, by: Benedict Nightingale, "Bennett's mischievous class war"
"The Independent Arts and Books Review" (UK)	7 May 2004, pg. 2-4, by: Paul Taylor, "The gentle Englishman"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	19 February 2004, Vol. 26, Iss. 4, pg. 7, by: Alan Bennett, "Postscript"
"G2 (Guardian supplement)" (UK)	7 February 2004, pg. 34-35, by: Alan Bennett, "Austerity in colour"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	3 January 2004, Vol. 26, Iss. 4, pg. 3+5-8, by: Alan Bennett, "A Shameful Year"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	2 January 2003, Vol. 25, Iss. 1, pg. 3+5-7, by: Alan Bennett, "Secrets are best kept by those who have no sense of humour"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	3 January 2002, Vol. 24, Iss. 1, pg. 12-16, by: Alan Bennett, "Seeing Stars"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	7 June 2001, Vol. 23, Iss. 11, pg. 12-23, by: Alan Bennett, "The Laying On Of Hands"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	25 January 2001, Vol. 23, Iss. 2, pg. 3+5-9, by: Alan Bennett, "2000"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	2 November 2000, Vol. 22, Iss. 21, pg. 8-10+11, by: Alan Bennett, "A Cure for Arthritis and Other Tales"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	20 July 2000, Vol. 22, Iss. 14, pg. 17-18, by: Alan Bennett, "Memories of Lindsay Anderson"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	20 January 2000, Vol. 22, Iss. 2, pg. 3+6-8, by: Alan Bennett, "What I did in 1999"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	30 September 1999, Vol. 21, Iss. 19, pg. 11-16, by: Alan Bennett, "Untold Stories"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	21 January 1999, Vol. 21, Iss. 2, pg. 3+5-8, by: Alan Bennett, "What I did in 1998"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	2 April 1998, Vol. 20, Iss. 7, pg. 7-10, by: Alan Bennett, "Alan Bennett chooses four paintings for schools"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	1 January 1998, Vol. 20, Iss. 1, pg. 3+5-9, by: Alan Bennett, "Notes on 1997"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	4 September 1997, Vol. 19, Iss. 17, pg. 12, by: Alan Bennett, "K.B. McFarlane is remembered by Alan Bennett, his former student, and the life of a Forties Oxford don is evoked in two of his letters"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	2 January 1997, Vol. 19, Iss. 1, pg. 3+5-8, by: Alan Bennett, "What I did in 1996"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	4 January 1996, Vol. 18, Iss. 1, pg. 24-25, by: Alan Bennett, "Diary"
"Vanity Fair" (USA)	December 1995, Iss. 424, pg. 92+94+109-110+115-116+127-128, by: Christopher Hitchens, "Kings of Comedy"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	25 May 1995, Vol. 17, Iss. 10, pg. 6, by: Alan Bennett, "Alan Bennett remembers Peter Cook"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	20 October 1994, Vol. 16, Iss. 20, pg. 44-45, by: Alan Bennett, "Diary"
"Radio Times" (UK)	16 February 1991, pg. 4, "A Gentleman At Home"
"London Review of Books" (UK)	24 January 1991, Vol. 13, Iss. 2, pg. 21, by: Alan Bennett, "Diary"

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