Talking Heads (British TV series)

Talking Heads
Title screen of the first series, with animated characterisation of Alan Bennett.
Also known asAlan Bennett's Talking Heads
Created byAlan Bennett
StarringAlan Bennett
Maggie Smith
Julie Walters
Patricia Routledge
Thora Hird
David Haig
Eileen Atkins
Penelope Wilton
Stephanie Cole
Music byGeorge Fenton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes15 (including stand-alone play)
Production
ProducerInnes Lloyd
Running time30–40 mins
Original release
NetworkBBC One (1988, 2020)
BBC Two (1998)
Release19 April (1988-04-19) –
24 May 1988 (1988-05-24)
Release6 October (1998-10-06) –
11 November 1998 (1998-11-11)
Release23 June (2020-06-23) –
9 July 2020 (2020-07-09)
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Talking Heads is a 1988 TV series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by British playwright Alan Bennett. The first series was broadcast on BBC1 in 1988, and adapted for radio on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. A second series was broadcast on BBC Two in 1998. They have since been included on the A-level and GCSE English Literature syllabus. Some episodes aired on PBS in the United States as part of its Masterpiece Theatre programme.

In 2020, the BBC remade 10 of the existing episodes, with two brand new stories.[1][2]

  1. ^ Carr, Flora (16 June 2020). "When is BBC One's Talking Heads revival on TV?". Radio Times.
  2. ^ Moses, Toby (28 April 2020). "Jodie Comer to star in new BBC production of Alan Bennett's Talking Head". The Guardian.