Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

80 mins | Documentary | May 2, 2018

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.

Nothing Like a Dame

80 mins | Documentary | May 2, 2018

Nothing Like a Dame
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers BBC, Transmission Pictures, Purple Moo Pictures, Field Day Productions, Kew Media Group
Original title Nothing Like a Dame
Directors Roger Michell
Writers

Cast

Maggie Smith

as Herself

Judi Dench

as Herself

Eileen Atkins

as Herself

Joan Plowright

as Herself

Robert Altman

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Finlay

as Self (archive footage)

John Gielgud

as Self (archive footage)

Julian Glover

as Self (archive footage)

Sheridan Morley

as Self (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier

as Self (archive footage)

Kim Philby

as Self (archive footage)

Vanessa Redgrave

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Stephens

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Aspel

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Bates

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Devine

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edith Evans

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Hoskins

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rory Kinnear

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roger Michell

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Morley

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Finty Williams

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kenneth Williams

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Williams

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Terry Wogan

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anthony Hopkins

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)