Waiting for the Telegram
Waiting for the Telegram
1998, English. Directed by Stuart Burge.
Violet is a confused, elderly woman in a nursing home who has been told by the excited staff she will soon be receiving a congratulatory telegram from the Queen in honour of her one hundredth birthday. This, however, perplexes Violet as she wanders far back in her memory to an age where telegrams brought news of death on a battlefield. Violet ruminates about a long-lost love to her only real friend, a gay male nurse at the home named Francis, who ultimately dies of AIDS.
- Runtime
- 0h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 11 November 1998
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Alan Bennett
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Waiting for the Telegram runs 30 minutes (0h 30m).
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Waiting for the Telegram isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 November 1998. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Waiting for the Telegram?
Waiting for the Telegram (1998) was directed by Stuart Burge.