The Blonde Bombshell

This article is about the 1999 documentary about Diana Dors. For other uses, see blonde bombshell (disambiguation).

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).

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
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	26 April (1999-04-26) – 27 April 1999 (1999-04-27)

Dors' son, Mark, claims that the series got the story wrong, and offers a different portrayal of his mother.^[2]

Reception

Eddie Gibb of the Sunday Herald wrote "This is a sad story badly told."^[3]