Archive The L-Shaped Room In 1961, Bryan Forbes directed the classic film adaptation of The L - Shaped Room starring Leslie Caron and Tom Bell. Watch The Guardian 'TV news in the 50s was more thrilling than The Hour'. See an article I wrote for the Guardian newspaper. Read BBC Radio 4 Bookclub On the BBC Breakfast show, I admit to being "shocked myself" after reading The L-Shaped Room again recently for a radio programme. Listen The Indian in the Cupboard Watch a clip from the 1995 movie of The Indian In the Cupboard directed by Frank Oz. Watch