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The Worst Episodes of Talking Heads

Every episode of Talking Heads ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Talking Heads!

A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett.
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One

Worst Episodes Summary

"Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet" is the worst rated episode of "Talking Heads". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Patrick Garland and written by Alan Bennett, it aired on 10/6/1998. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Hand of God".

  • Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
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    #1 - Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1998

    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

  • The Hand of God
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    #2 - The Hand of God

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1998

    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

  • Playing Sandwiches
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    #3 - Playing Sandwiches

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1998

    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

  • The Outside Dog
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    #4 - The Outside Dog

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1998

    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

  • Nights in the Gardens of Spain
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    #5 - Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1998

    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

  • Waiting for the Telegram
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    #6 - Waiting for the Telegram

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1998

    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

  • Her Big Chance
    7.9/1038 votes
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    #7 - Her Big Chance

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/1988

    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

  • Bed Among the Lentils
    8.3/10104 votes
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    #8 - Bed Among the Lentils

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/3/1988

    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

  • Soldiering On
    8.4/1037 votes
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    #9 - Soldiering On

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/10/1988

    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

  • A Chip in the Sugar
    8.5/1054 votes
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    #10 - A Chip in the Sugar

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/19/1988

    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

  • A Lady of Letters
    8.9/1067 votes
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    #11 - A Lady of Letters

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/1988

    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

  • A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
    9.0/1067 votes
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    #12 - A Cream Cracker Under the Settee

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/1988

    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