Alan Bennett's joyful humour hasn't dated in the least – so why did Talking Heads feel so nostalgic?

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Alan Bennett's joyful humour hasn't dated in the least – so why did Talking Heads feel so nostalgic?
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'Alan Bennett’s writing holds up beautifully. People say that comedy dates, but these jokes are as sharp as they were 30 years ago.' Read VictoriaCoren's latest column

Nostalgia is a curious bird. Watching an episode of Talking Heads, the BBC’s new remake of Alan Bennett’s classic 1980s serial, I became intensely wistful about old Fairy Liquid bottles. You remember the cylindrical white ones with the green writing? The classic Nanette Newman style?

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