The Knowledge (film)

The Knowledge
Directed byBob Brooks
Screenplay byJack Rosenthal
Based onBob Brooks (idea)
Produced byVerity Lambert (executive producer)
Christopher Neame (producer)
StarringNigel Hawthorne
Mick Ford
Kim Taylforth
Jonathan Lynn
David Ryall
Michael Elphick
Maureen Lipman
Lesley Joseph
Derek Deadman
Derek Benfield[1]
CinematographyDavid McDonald
Edited byBen Rayner
Music byJeff Wayne
Production
company
Distributed byThames Television
Release date
  • 27 December 1979 (1979-12-27)
Running time
89 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Knowledge is a 1979 British comedy-drama television film about a group of men and a woman doing "The Knowledge", the training required to become a London taxi driver. It was directed by Bob Brooks with an ensemble cast including Nigel Hawthorne, Mick Ford, Jonathan Lynn and Maureen Lipman.[2]

  1. ^ "The Knowledge (1979)".
  2. ^ "The Knowledge". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 August 2024.