Nothing Like a Dame

6.8

80 minutes

5/2/2018

Overview

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen 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.

Cast List

Maggie Smith
as Self
Judi Dench
as Self
Eileen Atkins
as Self
Joan Plowright
as Self
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)
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)