Alt Name: | Blonde Bombshell: The Diana Dors Story |
Genre: | Drama |
Based On: | Dors by Diana by Diana Dors |
Director: | Robert Bierman |
Starring: | Amanda Redman Keeley Hawes Rupert Graves Gary Webster Barnaby Kay Larry Lamb Josephine Butler |
Composer: | Colin Towns |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Trevor Hopkins |
Num Series: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 2 |
Executive Producer: | Laura Mackie Jo Wright |
Runtime: | 200 mins (excluding adverts) |
Company: | LWT |
Network: | ITV |
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 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).
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]