1. Diagnosis
While five-year old William fishes in the castle moat, his older brother's seizures are diagnosed. Memoir read by Dan Stevens.
William Fiennes' memoir of his magical childhood in a moated castle in which he grew up with his severely epileptic older brother.
The five-year-old William is preoccupied with fishing for pike in the castle's moat. Richard's seizures become increasingly worse, and a severe form of epilepsy is diagnosed.
Read by Dan Stevens.
Abridged in five episodes by Viv Beeby.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.
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