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About Talking Heads

Talking Heads is a comedy and drama TV series that premiered on BBC One on April 19, 1988. It has 2 seasons and 12 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 6 "Waiting for the Telegram", aired on November 11, 1998.

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.

  • Comedy
  • Drama

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Episodes

12 episodes · 2 seasons

Series 1

1988 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 38 years ago

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    6. A Cream Cracker Under the Settee

    Finale

    Doris, aged seventy-five, is a tidy woman — and when she suffers a fall after trying to clear up after her considerably less thorough home help, Zulema, it becomes apparent that her constant nagging may have been responsible for her husband's early death.

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    5. Her Big Chance

    Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossroads, finds what she believes to be her big break as the adventurous Travis in a new film for the West German market.

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    4. Soldiering On

    Muriel is a strong woman, and always has been — a pillar of the community, a regular charity worker, and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels; and looking after her mentally ill daughter, Margaret, has fortified her resolve — so, after the death of her husband, Muriel is well-prepared to cope with the crisis.

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    3. Bed Among the Lentils

    Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an affair with a nearby grocer, Ramesh Ramesh, discovering something about herself and God in the process.

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    2. A Lady of Letters

    Irene Ruddock is not afraid to speak, or rather write, her mind: she writes letters to her MP, the police, the chemist - everyone she can, to remedy the social ills she sees around her.

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    1. A Chip in the Sugar

    Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.

Series 2

1998 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 28 years ago

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    6. Waiting for the Telegram

    Finale

    Violet is a confused, elderly woman in a nursing home who has been told by the excited staff she will soon be receiving a congratulatory telegram from the Queen in honour of her one hundredth birthday.

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    5. Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Rosemary is a lonely woman who takes it upon herself to tend to a female neighbour's garden after the latter is arrested for murdering her abusive husband.

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    4. The Outside Dog

    Clean freak Marjory gradually comes to realise that her partner, who works in a slaughterhouse, is using his employment to cover the fact that he's a particularly evil criminal.

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    3. Playing Sandwiches

    Wilfred is, we discover over time, a reformed paedophile living under a false identity and working as a much-praised maintenance man in a public park.

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    2. The Hand of God

    Celia is a covetous antiques dealer who brazenly aids elderly neighbours for the sole purpose of being in a good position to buy their treasures on the cheap when they die.

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    1. Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

    Miss Fozzard is a lonely, middle-aged department store clerk in the Soft Furnishings Department whose free time is mostly spent caring for her brother after he suffers a stroke.

Cast & crew

Created by Alan Bennett

  • Alan Bennett

    Alan Bennett

    Graham Whittaker

  • Patricia Routledge

    Patricia Routledge

    Irene Ruddock

  • Maggie Smith

    Maggie Smith

    Susan

  • Stephanie Cole

    Stephanie Cole

    Muriel

  • Julie Walters

    Julie Walters

    Lesley

  • Thora Hird

    Thora Hird

    Doris

  • Eileen Atkins

    Eileen Atkins

    Celia

  • David Haig

    David Haig

    Wilfred Paterson

  • Penelope Wilton

    Penelope Wilton

    Rosemary

Talking Heads FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Talking Heads?

Talking Heads has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on November 11, 1998.

When did the latest episode of Talking Heads come out?

The most recent episode of Talking Heads, Season 2 Episode 6 "Waiting for the Telegram", aired on November 11, 1998.

How many seasons of Talking Heads are there?

Talking Heads has 2 seasons with 12 episodes in total.

When did Talking Heads first air?

Talking Heads first aired on BBC One on April 19, 1988.

How do I get notified when new episodes of Talking Heads are released?

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