The Worst Episodes of Talking Heads

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   #1 - A Chip in the Sugar

   S1:E14/19/1988

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

   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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   #2 - A Lady of Letters

   S1:E24/26/1988

   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.

   Director:Giles Foster

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Giles Foster

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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   #3 - Bed Among the Lentils

   S1:E35/3/1988

   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.

   Director:Alan Bennett

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Alan Bennett

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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   #4 - Soldiering On

   S1:E45/10/1988

   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.

   Director:Tristram Powell

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Tristram Powell

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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   #5 - Her Big Chance

   S1:E55/17/1988

   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.

   Director:Giles Foster

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Giles Foster

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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   #6 - A Cream Cracker Under the Settee

   S1:E65/24/1988

   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.

   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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   #7 - Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

   S2:E110/6/1998

   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.

   Director:Patrick Garland

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Patrick Garland

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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   #8 - The Hand of God

   S2:E210/13/1998

   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.

   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   #9 - Playing Sandwiches

   S2:E310/20/1998

   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.

   Director:Udayan Prasad

   Writer:Alan Bennett

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   Director:Udayan Prasad

   Writer:Alan Bennett
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    #10 - The Outside Dog

    S2:E410/27/1998

    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.

    Director:Gavin Millar

    Writer:Alan Bennett

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    Director:Gavin Millar

    Writer:Alan Bennett
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    #11 - Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    S2:E511/3/1998

    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.

    Director:Tristram Powell

    Writer:Alan Bennett

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    #12 - Waiting for the Telegram

    S2:E611/11/1998

    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.

    Director:Stuart Burge

    Writer:Alan Bennett

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    Writer:Alan Bennett