Alan Bennett
Director
Talking Heads (1988)
Series 1
A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett.
Released April 18, 1988
Episode 30 min
None+
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.monologue, imdb.tv-mini-series, tmdb.anthology, tmdb.stories, tmdb.monologues
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
April 19, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
April 26, 1988, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
May 3, 1988, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
May 10, 1988, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
May 17, 1988, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
May 24, 1988, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 18, 1988
Last Air Date: Nov. 11, 1998, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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