In the first in our series of Talking Heads, Bennett himself delivers a monologue for two voices: Graham Whittaker and the mother he lives with, whose every trill he has down to a T. A good son, too good, Graham is bright, and not quite right. Slowly it emerges who is taking care of whom, and why. When Mam's relationship with a man from her past gets "beyond the tea-cozy stage," Graham's terrors send his articulate musings into overdrive. Restoring the balance of power is the subtle narrative drive of this play, Bennett's sly embrace of his character, its brilliance. Written by and starring Alan Bennett. (40 mins) Talking Heads series: Produced by Innes Lloyd. Music by George Fenton. Bed Among the Lentils (Alan Bennett, U.K., 1985) Maggie Smith plays the wife of a North English vicar in pinched-cheeked, wide-eyed despair, a woman of secrets caught by the camera like a deer in the headlights. Now she will let it all spill out. "Mrs. Vicar" sees right through her husband and his bosom buddy, the Deity. She's all but given up the pretense. But there is one defining secret only she, and we, will ever know about. One of the striking qualities of the Talking Heads is the perceptive portrayal of domestic space and narrative light. In Bed Among the Lentils, the kitchen has the yellow chill of a nunnery that exists both within and without Mrs. Vicar.