Talking Heads
(1988)Streaming Episode Guide
Series 2
Waiting for the Telegram
Episode 6 - 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.
Haven't Seen
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Episode 5 - 11-03-1998
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.
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The Outside Dog
Episode 4 - 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.
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Playing Sandwiches
Episode 3 - 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.
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The Hand of God
Episode 2 - 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.
Haven't Seen
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
Episode 1 - 10-06-1998
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.
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Series 1
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
Episode 6 - 5-24-1988
30m
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.
9/10Haven't Seen
Her Big Chance
Episode 5 - 5-17-1988
30m
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.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Soldiering On
Episode 4 - 5-10-1988
30m
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.
8.6/10Haven't Seen
Bed Among the Lentils
Episode 3 - 5-03-1988
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.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
A Lady of Letters
Episode 2 - 4-26-1988
30m
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.
8.9/10Haven't Seen
A Chip in the Sugar
Episode 1 - 4-19-1988
Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 9/10 8.9/10 8.6/10 8.5/10 8.4/10
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
Episode 6 - 5-24-1988
30m
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.
9/10Haven't Seen
A Lady of Letters
Episode 2 - 4-26-1988
30m
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.
8.9/10Haven't Seen
Soldiering On
Episode 4 - 5-10-1988
30m
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.
8.6/10Haven't Seen
A Chip in the Sugar
Episode 1 - 4-19-1988
Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.
8.5/10Haven't Seen
Bed Among the Lentils
Episode 3 - 5-03-1988
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.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
