Screenplay: Alan Ayckbourn
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Alan Ayckbourn. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Private Fears in Public Places
2006 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Alain Resnais
Cast Lambert Wilson · Sabine Azéma · André Dussollier · Laura Morante
Plot Dan, a solider recently discharged from the army, takes refuge in drink to escape from life and other people. Despite everything, his fiancée Nicole still believes in their couple. Gaëlle...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Life of Riley
2014 · Movie · 108 min. · France
Direction Alain Resnais
Cast Sabine Azéma · André Dussollier · Michel Vuillermoz · Hippolyte Girardot
Plot In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a...
5.6
495 votes
5.6
495 votes
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Winner
Cast Jeremy Irons · Anthony Hopkins · Jenny Seagrove · Richard Briers
Plot A man new to a smallish British town joins an amateur theatre company. Once there, he discovers that the drama on stage is quite often nothing compared to what's happening...
4.8
120 votes
4.8
120 votes
The Revengers' Comedies
1998 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Malcolm Mowbray
Cast Sam Neill · Helena Bonham Carter · Kristin Scott Thomas · Rupert Graves
Plot As Henry Bell (Sam Neill) is preparing to throw himself off the Tower Bridge in London, he hears cries of help, which lead him to Karen Knightly (Helena Bonham Carter),...
4.5
196 votes
4.5
196 votes
Hark at Barker (TV Series)
1969 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Maurice Murphy
Cast Ronnie Parker · Josephine Tewson · Frank Gatliff · Mary Baxter
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Way Upstream (TV)
1987 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Terry Johnson
Cast Nick Dunning · Joanne Pearce · Barrie Rutter · Marion Bailey
Plot Two couples who go on a boating holiday together, and run into some strange people and events.
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BBC Play of the Month (TV Series)
1965 · Series · 120 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cedric Messina · John Gorrie · Rudolph Cartier · Waris Hussein
Cast Charles Gray · Lally Bowers · Eileen Atkins · Janet Suzman
Plot TV Series (1965-1983). 16 seasons. 120 episodes
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The Norman Conquests (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1977 · Series · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Herbert Wise
Cast Tom Conti · Penelope Wilton · Penelope Keith · David Troughton
Plot TV Mini-Series (1977). 3 episodes. The trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family and in laws gather at the decaying country home of their bedridden...
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National Theatre Live: A Small Family Business
2014 · Movie · 210 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Adam Penford
Cast Nigel Lindsay
Plot Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-laws business hes approached by a private detective armed with some...
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