Nothing Like a Dame poster

Nothing Like a Dame( 2018)

TV-MADocumentary
68%
User
Score

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Maggie Smith

      Self

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      Judi Dench

      Self

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      Eileen Atkins

      Self

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      Joan Plowright

      Self

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      Robert Altman

      Self (archive footage)

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      Frank Finlay

      Self (archive footage)

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      John Gielgud

      Self (archive footage)

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      Julian Glover

      Self (archive footage)

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      Sheridan Morley

      Self (archive footage)

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      Laurence Olivier

      Self (archive footage)

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      Kim Philby

      Self (archive footage)

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      Vanessa Redgrave

      Self (archive footage)

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      Robert Stephens

      Self (archive footage)

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      Michael Aspel

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Alan Bates

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      George Devine

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Edith Evans

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Bob Hoskins

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Rory Kinnear

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Roger Michell

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Robert Morley

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      King Charles III of the United Kingdom

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Finty Williams

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Kenneth Williams

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Michael Williams

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Terry Wogan

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Anthony Hopkins

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Dec 26 2024
    With something like 30 BAFTA, 15 Oscar and twenty odd Golden Globe nominations between them, this congregation of British Dames was always going to be a good opportunity to mix together these four lively characters with a plethora of archive and the odd sup of champagne. What we get is a mess. There's loads of cross-talking, plenty of witty asides, dead air time, hearing aid malfunctions, aching limbs and reminiscences by the pound. It's the very meandering, unstructured, nature of this chat that quite engagingly illustrates just how extensively varied the careers of these women has been since ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • photographer
    • photography
    • conversation
    • female friendship
    • documentary filmmaking
    • octogenarian
    • reminiscing