Tony Benn is the son, grandson and father of MPs, he retired from the House of Commons in May 2001, after fifty years in Parliament making him the longest serving Labour MP in the history of the party. His service in the House of Commons was not continuous: he lost his Bristol seat in 1983 and was re-elected for Chesterfield in 1984... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2002 Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (TV mini-series documentary) (still photographer - 1 episode)
The Battle of Ideas (2002) (still photographer)
 
Show ShowSelf (79 titles)
2011 2plus2makes4 (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2013 Tony Benn: Will and Testament (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 London - The Modern Babylon (documentary)
Himself - interviewed
 
2012 Frost on Interviews (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2011 Entertaining the Troops (TV documentary)
Himself (as Rt Hon Tony Benn)
 
2011 The Story of British Pathé (TV series documentary)
Himself - Politician & Writer
The Voice of Pathé (2011) … Himself - Politician & Writer
 
2011 Unlawful Killing (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Heath vs Wilson: The 10 Year Duel (TV documentary)
Himself - Wilson Cabinet, 1964-1970
 
2010 Miliband of Brothers (TV documentary)
Himself - Family friend
 
2009-2010 Democracy Now! (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 2 April 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2010 Election 2010 (TV movie)
Himself - Former Cabinet Minister
 
2010 Beating the Bomb (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Week We Went to War (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #1.5 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.4 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.3 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.2 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.1 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Outbreak 1939 (TV documentary)
Himself - Former Cabinet Minister
 
2009 Happy Birthday OU (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Beyond a Joke (TV series documentary)
Himself
Working Life (2009) … Himself
Politically Incorrect (2009) … Himself
A Class Apart (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Timewatch (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
QE2: The Final Voyage (2009) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 Minister (documentary short)
Himself - government minister
 
2004-2008 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 August 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 7 May 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 19 August 2005 (2005) … Himself (voice)
Episode dated 19 April 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2008 New Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
Sacha Baron Cohen (2008) … Himself
 
2007 The Late Edition (TV series)
Episode #5.7 (2007)
 
2007 Taking Liberties (documentary)
Himself
 
1980-2007 Question Time (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 June 2007 (2007) … Himself (as Rt Hon Tony Benn)
Episode dated 22 March 2007 (2007) … Himself (as Rt Hon Tony Benn)
Episode dated 23 March 2006 (2006) … Himself (as Rt Hon Tony Benn)
Episode dated 30 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode dated 25 March 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2007 Sicko (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996-2007 The Sunday Programme (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 March 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 4 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 15 January 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 23 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode dated 25 May 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2007 BBC Four News (TV series)
Himself - Former Labour Cabinet Minister
Episode dated 1 March 2007 (2007) … Himself - Former Labour Cabinet Minister
 
2007 The Daily Politics (TV series)
Himself - Former Labour Minister
Episode dated 26 February 2007 (2007) … Himself - Former Labour Minister
 
2007 Mortgaged to the Yanks (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Greatest Ever Comedy Movies (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004-2006 The Politics Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 22 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 10 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2006 War Stories (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Newsnight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 April 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Your MP (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Shot That Shook the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Greatest TV Comedy Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Big Ideas That Changed the World (TV series documentary)
Himself
Democracy (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Banned in the UK (TV series documentary)
Himself
Early '80s (2005) … Himself
1985-1989 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The Mark Steel Lectures (TV series documentary)
Himself
Thomas Paine (2004) … Himself
 
2004 5 News (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 25 Years of Question Time (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 This Week (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 November 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 6 November 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 9 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 5 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 8 May 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 HARDtalk (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
Episode #21.6 (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The Real Room 101 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Strike: When Britain Went to War (TV documentary)
Himself - Labour MP, 1984
 
2002 RIP 2002 (TV documentary)
Himself/interviewee
 
2001-2002 Breakfast with Frost (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 July 2002 (2002) … Himself
Episode dated 14 October 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2002 Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 'Dad's Army': Missing Presumed Wiped (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999-2001 Jonathan Dimbleby (TV series)
Himself
Campaign Against the War on Terrorism (2001) … Himself
Episode dated 16 September 2001 (2001) … Himself
Episode dated 25 March 2001 (2001) … Himself
The Kosovo Crisis (1999) … Himself
 
2001 Vote 2001 (TV movie)
Himself - Labour
 
2000 Car Years (TV series)
Himself
Who Killed the British Car Industry? (2000) … Himself (as Rt. Hon. Tony Benn MP)
 
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) … Himself
 
1998 My Favourite Hymns (TV series)
Himself
 
1968-1998 World in Action (TV series documentary)
Himself
In the Eye of the Storm (1998) … Himself
A Question of Class (1996) … Himself
The Press Gang (1984) … Himself
Mr. Benn's Secret Service (1980) … Himself
Paying the Market Price (1979) … Himself
 
1996 Motorworld (TV series documentary)
Himself - Secretary of State for Energy 1975-1979
United Kingdom (1996) … Himself - Secretary of State for Energy 1975-1979 (as Rt Hon. Tony Benn MP)
 
1992-1996 A Week in Politics (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 January 1996 (1996) … Himself
Episode dated 18 November 1995 (1995) … Himself
Episode dated 5 November 1994 (1994) … Himself
Episode dated 30 April 1994 (1994) … Himself
Episode dated 21 November 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1993-1995 Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV series)
Himself
Episode #10.7 (1995) … Himself
Episode #8.8 (1993) … Himself
 
1995 Anyone for Pennis? (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Shadow and the Substance (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 How We Used to Live (TV series)
Himself
In Civil War: A Trial of Kingship (1993) … Himself
 
1992 Pandora's Box (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
The League of Gentlemen (1992) … Himself (as Rt. Hon. Tony Benn M.P)
 
1959-1989 Panorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
Ten Years' Hard Labour (1989) … Himself
Is There No Alternative? (1988) … Himself
Fighting for Labour's Future (1981) … Himself
Referendum Special (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 15 February 1960 (1960) … Himself (as Anthony Wedgwood-Benn)
 
1989 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
Blackpool Wakes (1989) … Himself (also archive footage) (as Tony Benn MP)
 
1987 McKenzie's Lore (TV documentary)
 
1981-1986 TV Eye (TV series)
Himself
When the Oil Runs Out (1986) … Himself
Messrs. Benn, Silkin and Healey (1981) … Himself
 
1972-1981 Weekend World (TV series)
Himself
The Election Issues (1981) … Himself
Tony Benn - In Sight of Victory? (1981) … Himself
Episode dated 10 February 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 27 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 13 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1979 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.3 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 Decision 79 (TV movie)
Himself - Energy Secretary (as Rt Hon Tony Benn)
 
1964-1975 This Week (TV series)
Himself
Jobs for the Boys (1975) … Himself
G.P.O. (1964) … Himself (as Anthony Wedgewood-Benn)
 
1964 1964 General Election (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Gala Day (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2006 The Story of Light Entertainment (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2003 The Deal (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1981-1984 TV Eye (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

[1955] Appeared on ITV in its first year telling true stories under his full name of Anthony Wedgewood Benn.

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Anthony Wedgewood Benn | Rt Hon Tony Benn | Rt. Hon. Tony Benn M.P | Rt Hon Tony Benn MP | Rt Hon. Tony Benn MP | Rt. Hon. Tony Benn MP | Tony Benn MP | Anthony Wedgewood-Benn | Anthony Wedgwood-Benn
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. See more »

Trivia:

Good friend of Saffron Burrows. See more »

Trademark:

An ever-present pipe See more »

Star Sign:

Aries