Such different times. I’m 75 and just back from cat sitting in Paris. Cocktails last night and I’m off to Den Haag next week. I remember when we all thought 75 was old
@karenbond29643 ай бұрын
Fantastic.
@TheMrfrankclark4 жыл бұрын
Everything about this is flawless. A true work of art,
@annchristine47 Жыл бұрын
A masterpiece!Total magic!Actresses like Thora Hird are few and far between.
@ginahearn11774 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to watch this for weeks, but my late mother said, after watching it when it was on television, that she felt exactly the same and I won't be able to watch it without crying my eyes out, I know.
@fionabarrie96973 жыл бұрын
it has been so long since I saw this series, probably about 20 years now. The pure brilliance of writing and performance always blew me away. i forgot how nearly every monologue left me in tears. So beautiful! Thank you for sharing this with us.
@brendaspencer-yb9gj10 ай бұрын
So agree!
@moiskis8 жыл бұрын
Decades of experience, all right there. It makes you humble watching such a brilliant actress at work. Watching this should be mandatory in all theatre schools.
@xxxxDuke7 жыл бұрын
Mandatory in all schools, even. I fear we'll never know the likes of Doris and WIlfred again.
@harenrussel5 жыл бұрын
Simplistic nostalgia of the human condition. I'm Niuean, yet I've known women of my culture identical. This speaks to me from my old people who have gone ahead of me ❤️ Thank you.
@Timbear458 ай бұрын
Pure joy....Thora Hird & Allan Bennett. = SUBLIME ❤❤❤
@garthhunt72383 ай бұрын
Flawless Thora Hird!❤️
@lawrencemarsland4987 жыл бұрын
A snowy afternoon at home alone, a little sad, and then this wonderful piece of writing and divine acting. This is art!
@helenekanefsky42743 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@stancrouch96428 жыл бұрын
Wow, wasn't expecting that. Mrs. Hird is at the top of her craft in this performance. I really enjoyed it. Well Done Mrs. Hird. R.I.P.
@TheRetro60s4 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done and immensely touching.
@julz638 жыл бұрын
Alan Bennett and Thora Hird equals EXCELLENCE ❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@linengray7 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful acting tour de force.
@harenrussel5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant performance 👏👏👍💐🌹 Sad, funny beautiful x thank you so much. Xxx
@janetpowell66935 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and tragic... Society's attitude to aging is demonstrated so poignantly....set against a lady of fixed and limiting beliefs and deep, lasting pain.... To a mistress of her craft...thank you Thora ....
@ObsoleteOddity7 жыл бұрын
Great actress. Thank you Thora Hird - thank you Alan Bennet - thank you Ken Doh. I don't really understand why people would thumb this down....unless they were expecting a David Byrne interview.
@HROM19085 жыл бұрын
Because they don't have a clue what they are watching.
@twaz57865 жыл бұрын
‘Allo, Oddie! Nice to see you in the comments here. This is such a brilliant performance of brilliant writing.
3 жыл бұрын
Damn...I was expecting a David Byrne interview.......
@lesleymcshanemitchell96513 жыл бұрын
maybe to painfull to watch To near home
@idrissaebrahim32614 жыл бұрын
I watched it several times and still find brilliant each time, the writing is phenomenal her acting it extraordinary
@idrissaebrahim32614 жыл бұрын
A class act, it's so real
@jacqui26518 жыл бұрын
Brilliant but so very sad,. I just want to bring Doris home. Thanks for uploading.
@andrepells78254 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a performance! Timeless..this totally made me cry(esp as an RN who lost her stubborn mom a couple years ago) This perfectly portrays the pride,stubbornness and sometimes very rigid behaviors of “The Best Generation”. Thanks much to whoever posted this!
@xr6lad2 жыл бұрын
100%. I have a 78 year old mum and we have just lost my father/her husband (hit by a car) and while she is still very able she is getting slow and frail and stubborn . I’ve said she should sell the house, buy a small villa unit in a retirement community to keep her independence but it also provides a place where people will look out for her…..but no. Despite her not being able to look after the home as well and me being too far. She won’t consider it. And she certainly won’t move in with me.
@charlesdavis70874 жыл бұрын
A brilliant comment on the human conditions. Well done all around.
@portiahenry37565 жыл бұрын
Classic writing and acting . Beautiful .
@nancyyen13 жыл бұрын
I binge watched really great acting and well written 👍🇺🇸👍👍👀
@reneekennedy7163 жыл бұрын
Wonderful acting! Thanks for sharing.
@patriciamackinlay64957 жыл бұрын
excellent alas all of us will get old may we have the strength of Thora Hird.
@plauditecives4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ken, for making all of these available. I often describe them to people, and my enthusiasm for them.
@lawrencejhutchinson4 жыл бұрын
thora always seemed to be on TV when I was growing up. Loved her in the series in loving memory, and she was wonderful in the Moods episode of Dinnerladies!
@dilly1863Ай бұрын
Very movingly sad & true for elderly persons who hold onto their sense of independence.
@mauracarty84874 жыл бұрын
Everything about this is great
@panchisoto22 Жыл бұрын
I can no longer watch this story whole after the passing of my dear old grandfather, it's just too similar to situations he went through quite a few times in old age because of his insistence in living alone. Painful but necessary message.
@Lyfs-Awsumm Жыл бұрын
She turned down the help when it came. I guess she felt she rather die than end up in Stafford House.
@caroltrendall637 жыл бұрын
Still brilliant after all these years
@jamiecovfefe63239 жыл бұрын
heartbreaking , really touched me an im only halfway through
@willworkforwages8 жыл бұрын
I first saw Thora Hird in a televised production of "Memento Mori" and have been a fan ever since. Thank you for posting this.
@desmondjames93123 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorites. I recite this to friends, word for word, (in my mind) exactly the same... I love it. It reminds me of my grandmother. Perfect Bennett.
@DistantCousin5 жыл бұрын
Quite interesting how times have changed - a 75 year old woman would not be presented like this any more - Thora's clothes and hair are more akin to a 90 year old now! :)
@lindablanthorn778711 ай бұрын
Just perfect in its sadness..!
@r.h.73389 жыл бұрын
Great acting but so very sad.
@xr6lad2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my mum. I have a 78 year old mum and we have just lost my father/her husband (hit by a car) and while she is still very able she is getting slow and frail and stubborn . I’ve said she should sell the house, buy a small villa unit in a retirement community to keep her independence but it also provides a place where people will look out for her…..but no. Despite her not being able to look after the home as well and me being too far. She won’t consider it. Give up her ‘home’. And she certainly won’t move in with me.
@brucewilliams87144 жыл бұрын
Spellbinding: writing and acting.
@chrisclark93074 жыл бұрын
Excellent actress. Poignant, sad, but it happens!
@sommy389 жыл бұрын
omg here it is!!! astonishing... o thank you for this
@bowler89 жыл бұрын
I always liked this one
@puppetoz2 жыл бұрын
Once again Thora goes beyond acting....
@annazaman96576 жыл бұрын
"daughters are best. They don't migrate" heartbreaking
@susankemble-jones30215 жыл бұрын
mine has moved away but promises to look after me . we are making plans now
@lesleymcshanemitchell96513 жыл бұрын
idis sad to say Wouldnt do it if l had my time again
@TheNzfroggy3 жыл бұрын
23 people gave this a thumbs down. 23 people obviously do not appreciate such an amazing actress as Thora Hird.
@chrisdavies3572 Жыл бұрын
23 people have no idea about old age and loneliness.
@nickwyatt949821 күн бұрын
I don’t actually see any thumbs down. Have they been excised? In any case, 100 thumbs up from me for this definitive Thora Hird performance.
@deborahjeffers50607 жыл бұрын
Now that's good acting. You don't get that anymore.
@sommy389 жыл бұрын
ken doh i love you very much....xxx blessings
@AlbertMeza6 жыл бұрын
A brilliant performance but I must say, it did make me sad, though.
@julz634 жыл бұрын
This Talking Heads must be the saddest one of all 😢😢😢😢😢
@brianeduardo12343 жыл бұрын
It is amazing the acting - but also in the days this was made 75 was much older than it is today... varies of course from person to person but then 75 was considered very old
@DarrenBonJovi6 жыл бұрын
Epic acting
@jon_co7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@edithgeiszt19425 жыл бұрын
Dear,wonderful Thora.but so sad,with her remembrances and loneliness.she madre mi cry.....and that look in her eyes at the end!!!!!a masterpiece of script and acting.
@michele82085 жыл бұрын
The reality of old age
@alexfernandohuenten13745 жыл бұрын
amazing.
@emerobroin25775 жыл бұрын
Love God and close all gates.
@meirwise11074 жыл бұрын
Alan Benett performed by Dame Thora Hird.....does it get any better?
@candyclews40476 жыл бұрын
"I don't think they're married, 'alf of them" - makes one laff out loud. Bless Thora Hird RIP
@dmisso4211 ай бұрын
I'm glad I'm not one of this generation! I was born 1942. At 81 I still do two or three hours of mowing jobs every day, cook my own meals every day. No junk food, some weights,. I am not getting old! No one is shunting me off to a Home to live with geriatrics like this one.
@somyod2u8 жыл бұрын
'Alan Bennett - Names' - well worth five minutes of your time.
@annazaman96576 жыл бұрын
It's sadly ironic that Thora herself died in a nursing home
3 жыл бұрын
No, no Anna...as lomg as we remember Thora, she will LIVE........And the more we remember, the more we will realise just whjat a talented woman she was.......
@Lyfs-Awsumm Жыл бұрын
Why, None of her children could take her in their homes?
@Lyfs-Awsumm Жыл бұрын
Didn't she have children?
@spenardjazzfest31675 жыл бұрын
Produced 1 year before I moved to the UK... god I had so much catching up to do and I never even knew ...
@reasonrestored91164 жыл бұрын
The Talking Heads that Dame Thora did have not been revisited in the latest series (remade as others have). I wonder if they couldn’t think who to cast. After all, Thora was indeed amazing. I’d like to see Anne Reid do them.
@bmccarthy33332 жыл бұрын
The number 3 of Talking Heads was done during Covid lockdown- they, from what I read, did not want to subject an older woman to negative health possibilities. All three versions are amazing. Alan Bennett- a universal treasure. When he goes, I will cry.
@r13420604 жыл бұрын
'Do not go gentle into that good night.' Why ever not?
@itsdebs5 ай бұрын
She’s one of the generation who cared about what “other people” thought about her ability to keep her house clean. The sad thing was, other people were too busy to even notice or care.
@brockmeeks16955 жыл бұрын
I see why she beat them all for the bafta.
@BillieJolene14 жыл бұрын
Can't help but wonder when she used the bathroom. This is sad and scary. Yoga. For strength AND balance. So you don't end up in this situation.
@sojourningteddybear68386 жыл бұрын
Is it to be assumed that she died at the end?
@peterj4039 жыл бұрын
Not nice to grow old!
@peterj4039 жыл бұрын
True.
@katherenewedic80763 жыл бұрын
reminds me of Catherine Tate's Nan
@Mel-se4lc8 жыл бұрын
OMG I was born the day she died
@lindadillon30614 жыл бұрын
😭
@yellowpete794 жыл бұрын
Michael Caine in a wig!
@lauracoleman50716 жыл бұрын
alan bennett on dementia
@christinemartin63 Жыл бұрын
Sure ... yes ... "we have made our bed and we must lie in it." But ... sometimes ... God/Fate/the Universe makes our bed for us. And let me tell you it/they are terrible bed-makers and couldn't even get jobs as maids in a cheap, two-bit flophouse.