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Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 6: A Cream Cracker under the Settee

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

A monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Thora Hird as an independent old lady who has a fall that decides her future.

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Director:
Stuart Burge
Producer:
Innes Lloyd

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Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 5: Her Big Chance

Duration: 33 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Drama monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Julie Walters. Lesley is a small-part actress who lands a role in a video set on a yacht, but things are not as they seem.

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Composer:
George Fenton
Director:
Giles Foster
Producer:
Innes Lloyd

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Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 4: Soldiering On

Duration: 34 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 6 months

A monologue by Alan Bennett. A widow starts to take control of her own life - only to discover that all her assets have been stripped away. Show more

Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 1: A Chip in the Sugar

Duration: 40 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Drama monologue written by and starring Alan Bennett. Graham, a middle-aged man who lives with his mother, finds her taking up with old flame Mr Turnbull.

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Graham Whittaker:
Alan Bennett
Composer:
George Fenton
Director:
Stuart Burge
Producer:
Innes Lloyd

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Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 2: A Lady of Letters

Duration: 32 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Drama monologue by Alan Bennett. Irene Ruddock lives alone. Her habit of writing letters to the appropriate authorities gets ridiculously out of hand. Show more

Contributors

Irene Ruddock:
Patricia Routledge
Composer:
George Fenton
Director:
Giles Foster
Producer:
Innes Lloyd

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Talking Heads

Series 1

Episode 3: Bed Among the Lentils

Duration: 48 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

Alan Bennett-penned monologue in which Maggie Smith plays the vicar's wife who finds a vision of God at the local off-licence.

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