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Talking Heads - Lady of Letters by Alan Bennett.
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... Alan Bennett is the brain behind the BBC series - "Talking Heads". "Lady of Letters" is one of six monologues that Alan Bennett wrote for the BBC and was first aired in 1987. Miss Ruddock (Patricia Routledge - Keeping up Appearances) is a lonely and old woman who seems to have no friends or family. Miss Ruddock has very high standards. She spends a lot of her time observing other peoples lives and judging them by what they wear and the things they do and is not afraid of telling how she feels and can become quite nasty while doing so. Miss Ruddock seems to feel she has a big part to play in society and so feels the need to make her thoughts known whiter it is to the local doctor or the Queen Of England and she feels the easiest way to make her thoughts known is through letters
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