Originally screened as one of Alan Bennett's 1988 series of monologues, Talking Heads.
A stockbroker's widow finds life stripping her of most of her assets, including her memories. "She may seem tragic to an onlooker, but she's not tragic to herself because she closes her eyes to anything uncomfortable or unacceptable," was Stephanie Cole's impression of the stoical woman she portrays, revealed in a Radio Times interview at the time of the first broadcast.