Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

The ebook edition of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologues is pretty much the best thing ever. David Sedaris

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with Talking Heads, a series of twelve groundbreaking monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television, starring Patricia Routledge, Thora Hird, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Stephanie Cole, Eileen Atkins, David Haig, Penelope Wilton and Alan Bennett himself.

This collection includes: A Woman of No Importance, A Chip in the Sugar, Bed Among the Lentils, A Lady of Letters, Her Big Chance, Soldiering On, A Cream Cracker Under the Settee, The Hand of God, Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet, Playing Sandwiches, The Outside Dog, Nights in the Gardens of Spain and Waiting for the Telegram.

Uplifting, deeply moving, full of humanity and wit, they remain essential, glorious reading.