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Title: Nothing Like a Dame

Release Date: 2 May 2018

Runtime: 1h 20m

Genre: Documentary

Director: BBC, Purple Moo Pictures, Field Day Productions, Kew Media Group, Transmission Pictures

Production Companies: BBC, Purple Moo Pictures, Field Day Productions, Kew Media Group, Transmission Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.9 (52 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Maggie Smith
  • Self: Judi Dench
  • Self: Eileen Atkins
  • Self: Joan Plowright
  • Self (archive footage): Robert Altman
  • Self (archive footage): Frank Finlay
  • Self (archive footage): John Gielgud
  • Self (archive footage): Julian Glover
  • Self (archive footage): Sheridan Morley
  • Self (archive footage): Laurence Olivier
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