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Untold Stories , Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home , brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years.

Two recordings feature selected material from Untold Stories: Part I: Stories contains the title piece, and Part 2: The Diaries covers Alan Bennett's much-celebrated diaries for 1997-2004.

Part 2: The Diaries
Alan Bennett's diaries from 1997-2004 are an erudite collection of witty yet poignant
recollections told In his own unique voice. Whether appreciating the simple pleasures
of nature, or commenting on religion, politics or the arts, his observations are incisive,
funny, and yet always meaningful.

Alan Bennett's television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage, including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George ) and an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows . The History Boys won the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards for Best Play, The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the South BankAward .