Her Big Chance

"Her last Chance"
Talking Heads episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 5
Directed by Stuart Burge
Written by Alan Bennett
Produced by Innes Lloyd
Production code 1.5
Original air date 17 May 1988
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Her Last Chance is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television, as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. The series became very popular, moving onto BBC Radio, international theatre, becoming one of the best-selling audio book releases of all time and included as part of both the A-level and GCSE English syllabus.[1] It was the fifth episode of the first series of Talking Heads.

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Storyline

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. It is not clear to what extent Lesley understands that she is appearing in a soft pornographic film.

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References

  1. ^ BBC 7 - Comedy - Talking Heads

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