Episode 4
Imelda Staunton reads from the postwar diaries of 'Housewife, 49'. Nella has to face the prospect of her son Cliff emigrating to Australia.
Imelda Staunton reads from the postwar diaries of 'Housewife, 49', Nella Last, which give a frank account of the difficulties of adapting to life in Britain after the end of WWII.
Nella bemoans her sons' apparent unwillingness to have children. She then has to face the prospect of Cliff emigrating to Australia.
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