Book of the Week - Must You Go?
Antonia Fraser reads from her diary of her life with Harold Pinter
Book of the Week - Must You Go? - Episode 1
A glimpse in a restaurant and an altercation before Fraser attends the opening night of a production of Pinter's The Birthday Party in 1975.
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Book of the Week - Must You Go? - Episode 2
Fraser remembers the reactions in the 1970s to her decision to live with Harold Pinter: disapproval from her father Lord Longford and the media glare from the paparazzi.
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Book of the Week - Must You Go? - Episode 3
2001 was a year of fear and loss. For Fraser the first loss is her father's death, and her great fear comes with Pinter's cancer diagnosis. But there is happiness too.
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Book of the Week - Must You Go? - Episode 4
Pinter directs, performs and celebrates his 75th birthday, in spite of the debilitating effects of his cancer medication. Then comes an unexpected phone call.
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Book of the Week - Must You Go? - Episode 5
Pinter is still working, still grasping at the joy of life, until a double blow falls. First the death of his oldest friend, playwright Simon Gray, then his own fateful diagnosis.
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