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Telling Tales

Season 1 • Episode 10 • No Mean City

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Telling Tales Season 1, Episode 10: No Mean City

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In this final monologue, Alan Bennett reflects on his upbringing in Leeds. Watch Telling Tales Season 1, Episode 10 No Mean City in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Telling Tales Season 1, Episode 10 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

10 episodes
Season 1
1

A Strip of Blue

The first of ten new monologues, written and delivered by Alan Bennett, that tell of his boyhood and youth in Leeds during the Second World War. Here, a patch of upholstery triggers memories of childhood.

14 min
2

Our War

In this monologue, the writer reflects on how the Second World War seemed to pass his family by.

15 min
3

An Ideal Home

Alan Bennett explains how living over a butcher's shop has its drawbacks, not least the carcasses hanging in the cellar.

14 min
4

A Shy Butcher

Alan Bennett continues his monologues about growing up in Leeds by recalling his father.

13 min
5

Days Out

Alan Bennett continues his monologues about growing up in Leeds with recollections of the craze for hiking.

14 min
6

Proper Names

In tonight's monologue, Alan Bennett reflects on what couples call one another. And what they don't.

13 min
7

Eating Out

Continuing his series of monologues about growing up in Yorkshire, Alan Bennett recalls the perils of department-store cafes in Leeds.

14 min
8

Aunt Eveline

In tonight's monologue, Alan Bennett remembers a cinema pianist with a confusing anatomy.

16 min
9

Unsaid Prayers

Continuing his series of monologues about growing up in Leeds, Alan Bennett recalls boyhood piety, the miseries of fundamentalist religion, and his quarrel with God.

14 min
10

No Mean City

In this final monologue, Alan Bennett reflects on his upbringing in Leeds.

14 min