The Insurance Man (Original title)
Date: 23 February 1986 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Richard Eyre
Synopsis: Combines the historical fact that Kafka was at one time an insurance assessor for industrial injuries, with the fiction of a dye worker dismissed from his job because of possible serious illness caused by suspicious widespread rash.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 23 February 1986Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:10-23:25Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Title: Reviews: Alan Bennett at the BBCAuthor: ANGELINI, Sergio Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: National Film Theatre Programmes Sept/Oct 2003 Page: 34
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - Sept/Oct 2003: no known title]Language: English
In: Radio Times v248 n3252 22 Mar 1986 Page: 97
Title: [Radio Times - v248 n3252 22 Mar 1986: no known title]Article type: LetterLanguage: English
Description: Reader's letter
In: Television v23 n2 April 1986 Page: 17
Title: [Television - v23 n2 April 1986: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Production notes
In: The Listener v115 n2948 20 Feb 1986 Pages: 29-30
Title: [The Listener - v115 n2948 20 Feb 1986: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Radio Times v248 n3248 22 Feb 1986 Pages: 98-99,101
Title: [Radio Times - v248 n3248 22 Feb 1986: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Alan Bennett
In: The Listener v115 n2949 27 Feb 1986 Page: 35
Title: [The Listener - v115 n2949 27 Feb 1986: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Broadcast 7 Mar 1986 Page: 26
Title: [Broadcast - 7 Mar 1986: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Stills n23 Dec1985/Jan 1986 Pages: 16-17
Title: [Stills - n23 Dec1985/Jan 1986: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Alan Bennett
In: Screen International n504 6 Jul 1985 Page: 20
Title: [Screen International - n504 6 Jul 1985: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 27 Nov 1985 Page: 18
Title: [Variety - 27 Nov 1985: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Broadcast 19 Jul 1985 Page: 26
Title: [Broadcast - 19 Jul 1985: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Broadcast 7 Jun 1985 Page: 14
Title: [Broadcast - 7 Jun 1985: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 75.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-726362
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 75.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1468252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1506303
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(2)
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 75.47 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1503721
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1506303
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(7)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 75.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-726361
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 75.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-726362
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 75.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1374293
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 75.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1468252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231617
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: 1-inch (unspecified)Line standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-4584096
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376541
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Date: 23 February 1986 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Richard Eyre
Synopsis: Combines the historical fact that Kafka was at one time an insurance assessor for industrial injuries, with the fiction of a dye worker dismissed from his job because of possible serious illness caused by suspicious widespread rash.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 23 February 1986Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:10-23:25Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
(8)
Production Company: BBC, Producer: Innes Lloyd, Script: Alan Bennett, Director of Photography: Nat Crosby, Editor: Ken Pearce, Designer: Geoff Powell, Music: Ilona Sekacz
Cast
(49)
Alan MacNaughtan (doctor), Daniel Day-Lewis (Kafka), Robert Hines (Franz (young)), Geoffrey Palmer (angry doctor), Jim Broadbent (Gutling), Hugh Fraser (Culick), Trevor Peacock (Franz (old)), Diana Rayworth (landlady), Teddy Turner (old man in dyeworks), Phil Hearne, Bernard Wrigley (workman), Ronan Wilmot (factory doctor), Jill Frudd (nurse), Katy Behean (Beatrice), C.J. Allen (undermanager), Fred Gaunt (foreman), Tessa Wojtczak (Christina), Johnny Allen (Christina's father), Margo Stanley (Christina's mother), Judith Nelmes (Christina's grandmother), Fran O'Shea (Christina's sister), Bill Moody (doorman), Vivian Pickles (Lily), Guy Nicholls (inquiries clerk), Alan Starkey (inquiries official), Oona Kirsch (collecting girl), Tony Haygarth (Pohlmann), David Miller (jam worker), Ted Carroll (head-bandaged workman), Nicholas Selby (head of department), Richard Kane (head clerk), Rosemary Martin (Miss Weber), Lee Daley (butcher boy), John de Frates (limping client), Richenda Carey (tall woman), Sam Kelly (one-legged man), Kenny Ireland (man without ear), Ted Beyer (attendant in waiting room), Iggy Navarro (bald man), Rosemary Chamney (woman in waiting room), Peter Christian (man in waiting room), Ralph Nossek (thin doctor), Roger Hammond (fat doctor), Joanne Ellis (woman at tribunal), Derry Power (Franz's father), Benjamin Whitrow (lecturer in medical school), Bill Moores (man with stomach hole), Deborah Langley (young woman in medical school), Toby Salaman (Kafka's brother-in-law)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(13)
In: Sight and Sound v20 n3 March 2010 Page: 90Title: Reviews: Alan Bennett at the BBCAuthor: ANGELINI, Sergio Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: National Film Theatre Programmes Sept/Oct 2003 Page: 34
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - Sept/Oct 2003: no known title]Language: English
In: Radio Times v248 n3252 22 Mar 1986 Page: 97
Title: [Radio Times - v248 n3252 22 Mar 1986: no known title]Article type: LetterLanguage: English
Description: Reader's letter
In: Television v23 n2 April 1986 Page: 17
Title: [Television - v23 n2 April 1986: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Production notes
In: The Listener v115 n2948 20 Feb 1986 Pages: 29-30
Title: [The Listener - v115 n2948 20 Feb 1986: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Radio Times v248 n3248 22 Feb 1986 Pages: 98-99,101
Title: [Radio Times - v248 n3248 22 Feb 1986: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Alan Bennett
In: The Listener v115 n2949 27 Feb 1986 Page: 35
Title: [The Listener - v115 n2949 27 Feb 1986: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Broadcast 7 Mar 1986 Page: 26
Title: [Broadcast - 7 Mar 1986: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Stills n23 Dec1985/Jan 1986 Pages: 16-17
Title: [Stills - n23 Dec1985/Jan 1986: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Alan Bennett
In: Screen International n504 6 Jul 1985 Page: 20
Title: [Screen International - n504 6 Jul 1985: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 27 Nov 1985 Page: 18
Title: [Variety - 27 Nov 1985: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Broadcast 19 Jul 1985 Page: 26
Title: [Broadcast - 19 Jul 1985: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Broadcast 7 Jun 1985 Page: 14
Title: [Broadcast - 7 Jun 1985: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 75.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-726362
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 75.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1468252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1506303
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(2)
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 75.47 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1503721
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1506303
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(7)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 75.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-726361
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 75.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-726362
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 75.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1374293
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 75.3 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1468252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231617
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: 1-inch (unspecified)Line standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-4584096
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376541
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape