{"product_id":"book-gov8","title":"Alan Bennett: Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic memoirs from the acclaimed English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Bennett is one of the country's most celebrated and best-loved authors. This unmissable collection of diaries and memoirs brings together for the first time \u003ci\u003eTelling Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiaries: 1980-1990\u003c\/i\u003e, the autobiographical section of \u003ci\u003eUntold Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which covers the period 1997-2004, and \u003ci\u003eKeeping On Keeping On: The Diaries 2005-2014\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his earliest collection of diaries, Alan Bennett offers a fascinating insight into his life in the eighties, working on location for his early films and enjoying life at home in Camden. In the diaries of \u003ci\u003eUntold Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, he enjoys the simple pleasures of nature and wonders about the state of religion and politics at the end of the twentieth century. In \u003ci\u003eKeeping On Keeping On\u003c\/i\u003e, he looks back at a busy decade that saw him write four highly acclaimed plays, reflects on his life with his partner, Rupert Thomas, and considers his lately found status as 'kindly, cosy and essentially harmless'. \u003ci\u003eTelling Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, meanwhile, provides ten childhood snapshots and reminiscences about his early years-charting his development from a schoolboy in Leeds to a doubtful agnostic teen, as well as his undergraduate life at the University of Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith wit, wisdom, sharp social commentary and perceptive impressions, Alan Bennett's memoirs and diaries are a joy to discover, and a delight to hear again. For those who want to listen to Alan Bennett read \u003ci\u003eUntold Stories\u003c\/i\u003e in its complete form, \u003cb\u003eAlan Bennett: Untold Stories \u003c\/b\u003eis also available from BBC Audio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginally broadcast on Radio 4: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 June - 15 June 2001 (Telling Tales) \u003cbr\u003e10 October - 14 October 1994 (Diaries 1980-1990) \u003cbr\u003e10 October - 14 October 2005 (Untold Stories) \u003cbr\u003e24 October - 4 November 2016 (Keeping On Keeping On: The Diaries, 2005-2014) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead by Alan Bennett \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic by George Fenton\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Liz Allard (Telling Tales)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbridged by Pat McLoughlin\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Gillian Hush (Diaries 1980-1990)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbridged and produced by Gordon House (Untold Stories)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbridged and produced by Gordon House (Keeping On Keeping On: The Diaries, 2005-2014)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49356339740976,"sku":"BDgov8","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gov8-cover.jpg?v=1762371329","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gov8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}