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The four episodes were individually subtitled Anytime You're Ready I'll Sparkle, No Skill or Special Knowledge is Required, Gladly, My Cross-Eyed Bear and The Innocent Must Suffer. They were respectively the stories of the daughter, Terry; the father, Ted; the son, Alan and the mother, Sarah. The role of the daughter Terry provided a major early breakthrough for Judi Dench in one of her first starring roles on television. The other leads were played by Maurice Denham , Margery Mason and Michael Bryant. Dench subsequently won the 1967 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Talking to a Stranger was written by John Hopkins, directed by Christopher Morahan and produced by Michael Bakewell . Frequently hailed by critics as one of the most important and affecting television dramas of the 1960s, in a 2000 poll of industry professionals conducted by the British Film InstituteThe British Film Institute BFI is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to "encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary lif to determine the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes100 Greatest British Television Programmes was a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI) chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screene of the 20th century19th century 20th century 21st century more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901- 2000 in the sense of the Gre, it placed seventy-eighth. It was repeated as part of BBC2's twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations in 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra, allegedly because writer Alan BleasdaleAlan Bleasdale (born March 23, 1946 in Liverpool, England, UK) is a British television dramatist, best known for several powerful social drama serials based around the lives of ordinary people. His first success came as a writer of radio drama for the BBC refused to allow his 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du drama Boys from the BlackstuffBoys from the Blackstuff is a British television drama serial of five episodes, originally transmitted from October 10 to November 7 1982 on BBC TWO. The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, and was a sequel to a television play c to be re-shown unless Talking to a Stranger also featured as part of the celebratory season. It was screened again by the BBC in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, this time on the digital channel BBC FOUR.

Talking to a Stranger was remade twice, for Belgian television in 1969 and for Canadian television in 1971. The Belgian version, Praten tegen een vreemde, was adapted by Pieter De Prins and directed by Lode Hendrickx . The Canadian version, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, was adapted by Doris Gauntlett and starred Martha Henry , Bud Knapp , Douglas Rain and Norma Renault in the four main roles.