A series which asks what we get from reading, and writing, diaries
Mariella Frostrup discovers more about the diaries of Virginia Woolf, Anne Frank and Adrian Mole by meeting Virginia Nicholson, Jacqueline Wilson and Sue Townsend.
DetailsRichard E Grant uncovers the power of the diary and asks whether a diary should, or could, ever be totally honest, wholly accurate and absolutely true.
DetailsRory Bremner finds out why Victoria Wood is so captivated by the diaries of a Second World War housewife, and Edwina Currie helps him discover more about Samuel Pepys.
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