About this season
Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.
Episodes (6)
1. Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
Aired 6 October 1998 • 43 min
Miss Fozzard is a lonely, middle-aged department store clerk in the Soft Furnishings Department whose free time is mostly spent caring for her brother after he suffers a stroke.
2. The Hand of God
Aired 13 October 1998 • 33 min
Celia is a covetous antiques dealer who brazenly aids elderly neighbours for the sole purpose of being in a good position to buy their treasures on the cheap when they die.
3. Playing Sandwiches
Aired 20 October 1998 • 36 min
Wilfred is, we discover over time, a reformed paedophile living under a false identity and working as a much-praised maintenance man in a public park.
4. The Outside Dog
Aired 27 October 1998 • 31 min
Clean freak Marjory gradually comes to realise that her partner, who works in a slaughterhouse, is using his employment to cover the fact that he's a particularly evil criminal.
5. Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Aired 3 November 1998 • 40 min
Rosemary is a lonely woman who takes it upon herself to tend to a female neighbour's garden after the latter is arrested for murdering her abusive husband.
6. Waiting for the Telegram
Aired 11 November 1998 • 29 min
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.