Tony Benn
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Biography
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn was a British politician, writer, and diarist. He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s.
Known For
Filmography
Kenny Dalglish
2025
as Self - Politician / Activist
The Atom: A Love Affair
2019
Laissez-faire
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader
2014
as Self (Archive)
Tony Benn: Will and Testament
2014
We Are Many
2014
The Spirit of '45
2013
as Himself - Contributor
Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain
2013
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth
2013
Paul O Grady's Working Britain
2013
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
as Self - Interviewee
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
2012
as Self
Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady
2012
Ethos
2011
as Self
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
2011
as Self
13 Hours That Saved Britain
2011
Unlawful Killing
2011
Entertaining the Troops
2011
The Story of British Pathe
2011
In Confidence
2010
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
Beyond A Joke
2009
The Week We Went To War
2009
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Sicko
2007
as Self
Taking Liberties
2007
Folk Britannia
2006
The Book Show
2006
The Sunday Edition
2006
Banned in the UK
2005
as Self
The Late Edition
2005
30 Minutes
2004
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
2003
as Self
Strike: When Britain Went to War
2003
Designing The Decades
2003
This Week
2003
The Mark Steel Lectures
2003
Daily Politics
2003
The Battle of Orgreave
2002
as Self
Timeshift
2002
as Self
Timeshift
2002
as Self - Postmaster General
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
2002
Timeshift
2002
Cabinet Confidential
2001
as Self
Missing Presumed Wiped
2001
Democracy Now!
2001
Clarkson's Car Years
2000
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun
1999
The Scar
1997
as Himself (uncredited)
HARDtalk
1997
How to Be Prime Minister
1996
as Self
Westminster: Behind Closed Doors with Tony Benn
1995
Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell
1995
as Self
Harold Wilson: A Life
1995
as Self
Anyone for Pennis?
1995
The Wilderness Years
1995
as Self
Wasted Windfall
1994
as Self
The Sunday Programme
1994
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years
1993
The Big Story
1993
GMTV
1993
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
as Self
Blackpool Wakes
1989
as Self
Clive Anderson Talks Back
1989
The Late Show
1988
After Dark
1987
Open Air
1986
American Masters
1986
Beyond and Behind the Vote
1984
as Himself
Open To Question
1984
News from Durham
1983
as Himself
The Red and the Blue
1983
as Self (uncredited)
Open Space
1983
A Week in Politics
1983
Shades
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Wogan
1982
Timewatch
1982
Newsnight
1980
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Arena
1975
as Self
Weekend World
1972
How We Used To Live
1968
One Pair of Eyes
1967
The Money Programme
1966
Horizon
1964
Late Night Line-Up
1964
World in Action
1963
Panorama
1953