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A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett.

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19th April 1988 - 11th November 1998
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A Chip in the Sugar Still
A Chip in the Sugar
19th April 1988

Episode 1

Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.

A Lady of Letters Still
A Lady of Letters
26th April 1988

Episode 2

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.

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Bed Among the Lentils
3rd May 1988

Episode 3

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.

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Soldiering On
10th May 1988

Episode 4

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.

Her Big Chance Still
Her Big Chance
17th May 1988

Episode 5

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.

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A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
24th May 1988

Episode 6

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.

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