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Talking Heads (1988)

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Waiting for the Telegram
29 min

Season 2 • Episode 6

Latest

Waiting for the Telegram

Nov 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.

Overview

ComedyDrama

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.

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Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett

First AiredApr 19, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons2·Episodes12
BBC One
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