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Talking Heads

Season 1 1988

  • 1988-04-18T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 3h 37m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

1988-04-18T23:00:00Z

1x01 A Chip in the Sugar

Series Premiere

1x01 A Chip in the Sugar

  • 1988-04-18T23:00:00Z39m

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

1988-04-25T23:00:00Z

1x02 A Lady of Letters

1x02 A Lady of Letters

  • 1988-04-25T23:00:00Z31m

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.

1988-05-02T23:00:00Z

1x03 Bed Among the Lentils

1x03 Bed Among the Lentils

  • 1988-05-02T23:00:00Z49m

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.

1988-05-09T23:00:00Z

1x04 Soldiering On

1x04 Soldiering On

  • 1988-05-09T23:00:00Z34m

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.

1988-05-16T23:00:00Z

1x05 Her Big Chance

1x05 Her Big Chance

  • 1988-05-16T23:00:00Z34m

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.

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.

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