Episode 5
Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne.
More trouble for Mac, and Anne's later 'business' with the small Picasso.
With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna Monro as Anne.
Abridged by Penny Leicester.
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