"Talking Heads" was filmed on the "EastEnders (1985)" set, including the pub kitchen, during their hiatus of filming due to the COVID-19 quarantine. Martin Freeman said, "I was in Dot Cotton's bedroom, so that's one thing ticked off the bucket list".
During the first Covid-19 lockdown, the BBC produced this series of monologues reprised from Talking Heads (1988) and Talking Heads 2 (1998), plus two originals by Alan Bennett, as the format made it possible to abide by healthy working practices with a limited number of people in the same room. The only plays not remade were A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (1988) and Waiting for the Telegram (1998) which had originally starred Thora Hird as senior citizens, since actors over 70 would have been particularly vulnerable.