Talking Heads

1. S01E01A Chip in the SugarApril 19, 1988—Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.
2. S01E02A Lady of LettersApril 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, t
3. S01E03Bed Among the LentilsMay 3, 1988—Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his do
4. S01E04Soldiering OnMay 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; an
5. S01E05Her Big ChanceMay 17, 1988—Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossroads, finds what she be
6. S01E06A Cream Cracker Under the SetteeMay 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 h

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1. S02E01Miss Fozzard Finds Her FeetOctober 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 h
2. S02E02The Hand of GodOctober 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 treas
3. S02E03Playing SandwichesOctober 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 pu
4. S02E04The Outside DogOctober 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 th
5. S02E05Nights in the Gardens of SpainNovember 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 a
6. S02E06Waiting for the TelegramNovember 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 tel

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