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Iris

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Biographical drama starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent , that traces the complex relationship between acclaimed novelist Iris Murdoch and her writer husband, John Bayley , by flashing back and forth between their student days at Oxford and old age. Review page 49.
Director Richard Eyre (2001, 15) The Omnibus profile, Iris Murdoch : Strange Love, is at llpm on BBC4 Film highlights: page 44

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Winslet
Unknown:
Jim Broadbent
Unknown:
Iris Murdoch
Unknown:
John Bayley
Director:
Richard Eyre
Iris Murdoch:
Judi Dench
John Bayley:
Jim Broadbent
Young Iris:
Kate Winslet
YoungJohn:
Hugh Bonneville
Janet Stone:
Penelope Wilton
Young Janet Stone:
Juliet Aubrey
Young Maurice:
Samuel West
Old Maurice:
Timothy West
College principal:
Eleanor Bran
TV presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Source: Radio Times

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