Talking Heads(1988)

6.2

2 Seasons

DramaComedy

Overview

A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett.

Created By: Alan Bennett

Episodes

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Ep 1

A Chip in the Sugar

Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.

19/04/198839 min

Ep 2

A Lady of Letters

Irene Ruddock is not afraid to speak, or rather write, her mind: she writes letters to her MP, the police, the chemist - everyone she can, to remedy the social ills she sees around her.

26/04/198831 min

Ep 3

Bed Among the Lentils

Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an affair with a nearby grocer, Ramesh Ramesh, discovering something about herself and God in the process.

03/05/198849 min

Ep 4

Soldiering On

Muriel is a strong woman, and always has been — a pillar of the community, a regular charity worker, and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels; and looking after her mentally ill daughter, Margaret, has fortified her resolve — so, after the death of her husband, Muriel is well-prepared to cope with the crisis.

10/05/198834 min

Ep 5

Her Big Chance

Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossroads, finds what she believes to be her big break as the adventurous Travis in a new film for the West German market.

17/05/198834 min

Ep 6

A Cream Cracker Under the Settee

Doris, aged seventy-five, is a tidy woman — and when she suffers a fall after trying to clear up after her considerably less thorough home help, Zulema, it becomes apparent that her constant nagging may have been responsible for her husband's early death.

24/05/198830 min