Talking Heads (BBC, 1988) S01 and S02 (540*960p, soft English subtitles)

Darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting. Alan Bennett's much-loved monologues, performed by the cream of acting talent, including Maggie Smith and Thora Hird.

E01 A Chip in the Sugar
Drama monologue written by and starring Alan Bennett. Graham, a middle-aged man who lives with his mother, finds her taking up with old flame Mr Turnbull.

E02 A Lady of Letters
Irene Ruddock's mother died some years ago and she lives alone. A one-woman Neighbourhood Watch scheme, her habit of writing letters to the appropriate authorities gets ridiculously out of hand.

E03 Bed Among the Lentils
Alan Bennett-penned monologue in which Maggie Smith plays the vicar's wife who finds a vision of God at the local off-licence.  

E04 Soldiering On
A monologue by Alan Bennett about Muriel, the recently widowed wife of a stockbroker. Complete with twin-set and pearls, she starts to take control of her own life - past, present and future. But gradually she discovers that all her assets, and even her memories, have been stripped away

E05 Her Big Chance
Drama monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Julie Walters. Lesley is a small-part actress who lands a role in a video set on a yacht, but things are not as they seem.

E06 A Cream Cracker under the Settee
A monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Thora Hird as an independent old lady who has a fall that decides her future.

Series Two

E01 Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
Miss Fozzard has to care for her brother after he has a stroke. However, she doesn't want to leave her job in soft furnishings.

E02 The Hand of God
Celia, an antiques dealer, is finding it hard to get new stock. While sitting at the bedside of the unwell Miss Ventriss, Celia notices she has a house full of beautiful things.

E03 Playing Sandwiches
Deals with sexual abuse.
Wilfred Paterson works for the parks department and he works well. But when a bureaucrat tries to fill in his personnel file, his past comes back to haunt him.

E04 The Outside Dog
Mallory keeps her house obsessively clean and insists the dog must stay outside. However her husband, Stuart, has dirt - and worse - on his hands…

E05 Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Deals with sexual abuse.
Second series of monologues written by Alan Bennett. Rosemary takes over the care of a neighbour's garden after they have a brush with the law.

E06  Waiting for the Telegram
Drama monologue written by Alan Bennett, starring Dame Thora Hird. Violet's long life includes two telegrams, both from the monarch. Awaiting the second, she remembers the first.

First broadcast: April 1988 – November 1988
Duration:  40 minutes per espiode    
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