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1: January - June 1995
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The actor reads from his memoirs and recalls absent friends, "retirement", a break near Avignon - and termites.
Sir Alec Guinness reads his own bestselling "diary of a retiring actor".
The diaries cover a period of 18 months combining acerbic wit with numerous anecdotes sprinkled with finely observed observations.
He begins on 1st January 1995: and is not too impressed by legendary TV cook and bon viveur, Fanny Cradock.
Abridged in five parts by Neville Teller.
Producer Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 1996.
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