Monday 28th February - Friday 4th March 2011
English actor Joss Ackland reads from My Better Half and Me, the edited diaries of his wife of 51 years, Rosemary Ackland. Rosemary was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2000 and died in 2002. Throughout her life she kept a diary of their marriage and relationship, documenting the loss of their eldest son, Paul, to heroin, the burning down of their family home in the '60s, their love life and other intimate details of their lives together. In the years since her death, Ackland has read and edited the diaries for publication by Ebury Press.
Alison Glennie reads alongside Joss Ackland. First broadcast 10th May 2010.