Alan Bennett's Talking Heads: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Widely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return to BBC One. Filmed during lockdown under social distancing guidelines, a new generation of Britain's finest actors star in 10 of Bennett's classic scripts, alongside two brand new Talking Heads penned by the acclaimed writer last year.

Talking Heads is a London Theatre Company production for BBC One. All 12 Talking Heads will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from the evening of Tuesday 23 June.

Series details

• Title: Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2020-06-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-06-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 34 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 47646
• IMDb ID: tt12313046
• TVDB ID: 381708

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-06-23; final listed air date 2020-06-23; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Alan Bennett's Talking Heads on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.