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12 episodes

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads - Series 1

First aired Jun 23, 2020Season 1

Browse all 12 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

A Lady of Letters

NR
Jun 23, 202031 min

Spinster Irene puts pen to paper to complain about the many, many wrongs she sees around her. However, she ends up on the wrong side of the law when she misreads completely the situation of the family living in the house opposite.

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Episode 2

An Ordinary Woman

NR
Jun 23, 202035 min

Michael is only 15, but you wouldn’t know. Gwen thought there would be something that gave you immunity, that you couldn’t fall for your own child.

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Episode 3

Soldiering On

NR
Jun 25, 202036 min

Muriel’s son Giles appears with papers for her to sign. It turns out she is quite a rich widow. But soon there’s a liquidity problem, and Giles could be to blame.

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Episode 4

Her Big Chance

NR
Jun 29, 202042 min

Actor Lesley prides herself on her professionalism, even if it’s for a walk-on role. She is thrilled to land the role of Travis, who spends the film bikini-clad on a yacht.

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Episode 5

Playing Sandwiches

NR
Jun 29, 202028 min

Wilfred is a parks attendant. After he befriends a young girl, it becomes clear why nobody can trace his records.

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Episode 6

A Chip in the Sugar

NR
Jun 30, 202033 min

Graham is his mam’s number one. But when they bump into semi-retired Mr Turnbull, Graham discovers she had a life pre-Dad and fully intends to have another.

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Episode 7

The Outside Dog

NR
Jun 30, 202032 min

Marjory hates husband Stuart’s dog, Tina. He takes her out late, comes in at midnight, clothes in the wash, naked to bed and then starts carrying on. Then the police arrive.

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Episode 8

Bed Among the Lentils

NR
Jul 1, 202046 min

Susan is not cut out to be the vicar’s wife. When she meets Mr. Ramesh in his shop, she discovers what else life can offer

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Episode 9

Nights in the Garden of Spain

NR
Jul 1, 202034 min

Rosemary recalls the morning she was accosted by Mrs McCorquodale, who had shot her husband. A friendship began, until Rosemary had to look again at her own marriage. (Set in the 1990s).

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Episode 10

The Hand of God

NR
Jul 2, 202028 min

Celia runs an antiques shop. But after she buys a lovely old frame containing the smudgy drawing of a finger, she discovers she’s less of an expert than she thought.

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Episode 11

Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

NR
Jul 8, 202039 min

Miss Fozzard has a new chiropodist, Mr. Dunderdale, though technically he’s retired. Their weekly appointments soon raise the tricky question of who is treating whom.

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Episode 12

The Shrine

NR
Jul 9, 202026 min

Lorna visits the spot where Clifford’s motorbike crashed, hoping for some closure. But one day she finds someone else has left some flowers on the shrine.