Tony Benn
Popularity:0.209
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1925-04-03
Place of Birth:Marylebone, London, England, UK
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Also Known As:Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn

Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader (2014)
Obituary film of the lifelong Labour politician, Tony Benn, who was an MP for over 50 years. Born the son of a viscount, Benn was elected Labour MP...

Laissez-faire (2015)
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our...

Cabinet Confidential (2001)
A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers - including Harold Wilson, Margaret...

How to Be Prime Minister (1996)
It begins with cheers but almost always ends in tears. Yet, as the election looms, competition for the top job grows ever more intense. Why? The...

Trust Me - I'm a Politician (2003)
Last December's "Cheriegate" affair did little to abate the rampant public cynicism reserved for politicians - a mistrust evidenced in the turnout at...

Ethos (2011)
Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure...

The Battle of Orgreave (2002)
Intercuts dramatic photographic stills from the clashes in 1984 with footage of the clashes re-enacted in 2001, together with moving and powerful...

News from Durham (1983)
Combines footage of the 100th Durham Miner's Gala held in 1983, with extracts from a miners' weekend school held two months later, to raise the...

Tony Benn: Will and Testament (2014)
Tony Benn (87), the longest serving Labour MP in history, looks back over his life and career.

Sicko (2007)
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s...

Westminster: Behind Closed Doors with Tony Benn (1995)
To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Parliment, Tony Benn has been taking his video camera around the Palace of Westminster. He films some of the...

Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell (1995)
A film portrait of Former Conservative and Unionist Party Politician, Enoch Powell.

London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.

The Spirit of '45 (2013)
How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford (2012)
The true life story of Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972) is in fact much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played: Miss Jane...

Beyond and Behind the Vote (1984)
Documentation of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election, which saw Tony Benn returned to parliament, and the early days of the Miners’ Strike which...

The Scar (1997)
Like many women active during the miners' strike, May Murton (Charlie Hardwick) has been left to clean up the mess. The closure of the pit, a failed...

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel (2011)
Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they were the political titans of the era in which...

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

The Red and the Blue (1983)
Ken Loach documentary, contrasting the 1982 Labour and Conservative Party conferences.

Shades (1982)
1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience...

Blackpool Wakes (1989)
From political conferences to the George Formby Society's annual bash, and Pleasure Beach to the weather, an Arena documentary on the seaside town of...

The Wilderness Years (1995)
Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980s and 1990s.

Timeshift (2002)
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and...

Timeshift (2002)
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and...

Wasted Windfall (1994)
Three part documentary series about the discovery and exploitation of North Sea oil and its political and economic consequences.

Banned in the UK (2005)
Four-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art.

Question Time (1979)
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other...