Talking Heads - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1988 (40 min)

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.

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1988 (32 min)

Irene Ruddock's mother died some years ago and she lives alone. A one-woman Neighbourhood Watch scheme, her habit of writing letters to the appropriate authorities gets ridiculously out of hand.

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 3, 1988 (50 min)

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

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 10, 1988 (35 min)

A monologue by Alan Bennett about Muriel, the recently widowed wife of a stockbroker. Complete with twin-set and pearls, she starts to take control of her own life - past, present and future. But gradually she discovers that all her assets, and even her memories, have been stripped away.

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 17, 1988 (34 min)

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.

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 24, 1988 (35 min)

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

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1998 (43 min)

Miss Fozzard has to care for her brother after he has a stroke. However she doesn't want to leave her job in soft furnishings.

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1998 (32 min)

Celia, an antiques dealer, is finding it hard to get new stock. While sitting at the bedside of the unwell Miss Ventriss, Celia notices she has a house full of beautiful things.

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1998 (35 min)

Wilfred Paterson works for the parks department and he works well. But when a bureaucrat tries to fill in his personnel file, his past comes back to haunt him.

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1998 (31 min)

Mallory keeps her house obsessively clean and insists the dog must stay outside. However her husband, Stuart, has dirt - and worse - on his hands…

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1998 (45 min)

Second series of monologues written by Alan Bennett. Rosemary takes over the care of a neighbour's garden after they have a brush with the law.

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1998 (45 min)

Drama monologue written by Alan Bennett, starring Dame Thora Hird. Violet's long life includes two telegrams, both from the monarch. Awaiting the second, she remembers the first.