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Nothing Like a Dame

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6.8(62)20181h 20m3

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.

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Released
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Language
English
  • photographer
  • photography
  • conversation
  • female friendship
  • documentary filmmaking
  • octogenarian
  • reminiscing

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Behind the camera

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRLos Angeles Film Festival21 Sept 2018
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)12A2 May 2018
    • TVBBC Two2 Jun 2018
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical (limited)M11 May 2018
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTTAA25 Apr 2019
  • DenmarkDK

    • TheatricalA11 Oct 2018
  • FranceFR

    • TVHistoire8 Mar 2019
    • PhysicalDVD22 Jan 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical025 Apr 2019
    • Physical029 Aug 2019
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical (limited)K15 Aug 2019
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT122 May 2018
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL21 Feb 2019
    • PhysicalALDVD9 Jul 2019
  • NorwayNO

    • TV92 May 2018
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1210 Oct 2019

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Nothing Like a Dame was released on 2 May 2018.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    12/26/2024

    7/10

    With something like 30 BAFTA, 15 Oscar and twenty odd Golden Globe nominations between them, this congregation of British Dames was always going to be a good opportunity to mix together these four lively characters with a plethora of archive and the odd sup of champagne. What we get is a mess. There's loads of cross-talking, plenty of witty asides, dead air time, hearing aid malfunctions, aching limbs and reminiscenc…

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