The Lady In The Van
- 2015 film
The Lady In The Van is a drama based on real events, about a vagrant who the playwright Alan Bennett allowed to park her van in his driveway, where she lived for fifteen years. Also features Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Frances de la Tour, Roger Allam and more.
- Repeated Thursday 9th May at 9pm on BBC4
The Lady In The Van
Two-time Oscar winner and star of Downton Abbey, Dame Maggie Smith, recreates one of her most celebrated roles - the singular Miss Shepherd - in The Lady In The Van, Alan Bennett's big-screen comedic adaptation of his own iconic memoir and honoured stage play.
Based on the true story, Miss Shepherd was a woman of uncertain origins who "temporarily" parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. What began as a begrudged favour became a relationship that would change both their lives. Filmed on the street and in the house where Bennett and Miss Shepherd lived for all those years, acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with Bennett to bring this funny, poignant, and life-affirming story to the screen.
First released: Monday 7th March 2016
- Distributor: Sony Pictures
- Region: B
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 104
- Subtitles: Hindi, Polish, English
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- Distributor: Sony Pictures
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 104
- Subtitles: Hindi, Polish, English
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- Distributor: Sony Pictures
- Minutes: 104
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- Released: Wednesday 4th January 2017
- Distributor: BBC Worldwide
- Minutes: 99
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