Talking Heads
Talking Heads is a TV show on BBC4. Darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting. Alan Bennett's much-loved monologues, performed by the cream of acting talent, including Maggie Smith and Thora Hird. The program has been available since 2022. A total of 3 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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Talking Heads
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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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.
Series 2
Drama monologue written by Alan Bennett, starring Dame Thora Hird. Awaiting her second telegram from the monarch, Violet remembers the first.