The Blonde Bombshell is a British two-part mini-series based on the life and death of actress Diana Dors. It was produced by LWT for ITV, and was first shown on 26 and 27 April 1999.[1] Keeley Hawes played Dors during her early career (1945–1960) and Amanda Redman during her later years (1965–1984).
The Blonde Bombshell | |
---|---|
Also known as | Blonde Bombshell: The Diana Dors Story |
Genre | Drama |
Based on | Dors by Diana by Diana Dors |
Written by | Ted Whitehead |
Directed by | Robert Bierman |
Starring | Amanda Redman Keeley Hawes Rupert Graves Gary Webster Barnaby Kay Larry Lamb Josephine Butler |
Composer | Colin Towns |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Laura Mackie Jo Wright |
Producer | Trevor Hopkins |
Running time | 200 mins (excluding adverts) |
Production company | LWT |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 26 April (1999-04-26) – 27 April 1999 (1999-04-27) |
Diana Dors' son, Mark, claims that the series got the story wrong, and offers a different portrayal of his mother.[2]
Eddie Gibb of the Sunday Herald wrote "This is a sad story badly told."[3]
![]() | This article about a biographical film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |