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 2024. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2024.
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Talking Heads
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.
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Drama monologue by Alan Bennett. Irene Ruddock lives alone. Her habit of writing letters to the appropriate authorities gets ridiculously out of hand.
Series 2
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.
Series 1
Alan Bennett-penned monologue in which Maggie Smith plays the vicar's wife who finds a vision of God at the local off-licence.
A monologue by Alan Bennett, starring Thora Hird as an independent old lady who has a fall that decides her future.
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.