Episode no. Season 1
Episode 5 Written by Alan Bennett Production code 1.5 | Directed by Stuart Burge Produced by Innes Lloyd Original air date 17 May 1988 | |
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Her Big 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. It was the fifth episode of the first series of Talking Heads.
Storyline
Lesley (Julie Walters) is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossroads, is offered 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.