Tea With the Dames
2018 · Movie · 80 min · ★ 6.8 · 92% critics
Four celebrated British performers reunite on screen for the first time, spending a long summer weekend chatting in a country house filled with memories. Over tea and drinks, their free-flowing conversation and archival clips look back on decades of stage and screen work, friendship, and the changing world of British television.
Where to watch
Watch free on Tubi — also streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now and Acorn TV.
1 hour to watch.
Stream (included)
Streaming availability and prices may be inaccurate or change — verify with the provider before subscribing.
unSUB's subscription recommendations are informational only, not financial advice.
More value for your money
Similar titles, ranked by watch-hours per subscription dollar.
Details
- Original title
- Nothing Like a Dame
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-05-02
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (58 votes)
About
If you enjoy relaxed, chatty documentaries built around personality, nostalgia, and showbiz stories, this is a friendly eavesdrop; Not for you if you want a tightly structured narrative or fast pace like The Lost Leonardo.
Pros: witty group banter; warm camaraderie; rich archive clips | Cons: meandering structure; lots of cross-talking; could be tighter
Themes
- photographer
- photography
- conversation
- female friendship
- documentary filmmaking
- octogenarian
- reminiscing
Cast & crew
Maggie Smith
as Self
Judi Dench
as Self
Eileen Atkins
as Self
Joan Plowright
as Self
Robert Altman
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Finlay
as Self (archive footage)
John Gielgud
as Self (archive footage)
Julian Glover
as Self (archive footage)
- SM
Sheridan Morley
as Self (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Roger Michell