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  • Talking Heads 2 Waiting for the Telegram (Season 1, Episode 6)
  • TV Episode | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Talking Heads 2

Waiting for the Telegram (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
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. This, however, perplexes Violet as ...See moreViolet 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. This, however, perplexes Violet as she wanders far back in her memory to an age where telegrams brought news of death on a battlefield. Violet ruminates about a long-lost love to her only real friend, a gay male nurse at the home named Francis, who ultimately dies of AIDS. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Stuart Burge
Writer
Alan Bennett
Producer
Mark Shivas
Composer
George Fenton
Editor
Sue Wyatt
Production Designer
Stuart Walker
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 11, 1998
Release date
Nov 11, 1998 (United Kingdom)
Awards
Series awards
2 wins & 2 nominations

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