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Talking Heads: Series 1
April 19, 1988
6 Episodes
~39 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
6
1
A Chip in the Sugar
Apr 19, 1988
39 min
Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.
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2
A Lady of Letters
Apr 26, 1988
31 min
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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3
Bed Among the Lentils
May 3, 1988
49 min
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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4
Soldiering On
May 10, 1988
34 min
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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5
Her Big Chance
May 17, 1988
34 min
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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6
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
May 24, 1988
30 min
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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