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Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Series 1

Playing Sandwiches

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Wilfred is a parks attendant. After he befriends a young girl, it becomes clear why nobody can trace his records. (Set in the 1990s).

Contributors

Director:
Jeremy Herrin
Executive Producer:
Kevin Loader
Executive Producer:
Nicholas Hytner
Production Company:
London Theatre Company

Genres

Saturday Drama

South Downs

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By David Hare. Drama set in the '60s in Lancing College, Sussex. A pin-sharp pupil is cut off from his fellow boys by virtue of his own intellect, background and questioning spirit. Show more

Contributors

Rev Eric Dewley:
Nicholas Farrell
John Blakemore:
Alex Lawther
Jeremy Duffield:
Jonathan Bailey
Basil Spear:
Andrew Woodall
Colin Jenkins:
Bradley Hall
Tommy Gunter:
Jack Elliott
Roger Sprule:
Liam Morton
Belinda Duffield:
Anna Chancellor
The voice of Sheila Blakemore:
Stella Gonet
Writer:
David Hare
Director:
Jeremy Herrin

Genres

Drama on 3

The Government Inspector

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Adapted by Adrian Mitchell, Gogol's satire on corruption and sleaze in which a penniless clerk is mistaken for an important official. Starring Lenny Henry and Roger Allam. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Jeremy Herrin
Khlestakov:
Lenny Henry
The Governor:
Roger Allam
Anna, his wife:
Monica Dolan
Marya, his daughter:
Erin Doherty
Charity Commissioner:
Peter Wight
Dr Gibner:
Paul Jesson
Bobchinsky:
James Fleet
Postmaster:
Ivanno Jeremiah
Schools Superintendent:
Stephen Critchlow
Locksmith's Wife:
Jessica Gunning

Genres

Lights Up

Sitting

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Bafta Award-winning Katherine Parkinson's debut play. Three characters sit for a silent painter and reveal their personal truths in a play about love, loss and the importance of human connection. Show more

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Series 1

A Chip in the Sugar

Duration: 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Channel Islands

Graham is his mam’s number one. But when they bump into semi-retired Mr Turnbull, Graham discovers she had a life pre-Dad and fully intends to have another. (Set in the 1980s).

Contributors

Director:
Jeremy Herrin
Executive Producer:
Kevin Loader
Executive Producer:
Nicholas Hytner
Production Company:
London Theatre Company

Genres