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  1. Episode 5

    5/5Actor Juliet Stevenson on why a creative life often means a life in want of sleep.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5Poet Michael Symmons Roberts examines why he has been so fascinated by insomnia.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5Author AL Kennedy explores why she has always found the nights too thrilling to sleep.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5Literary critic and author John Sutherland explores the history of insomnia in literature.

  5. Margaret Drabble

    1/5Author Margaret Drabble explores how insomnia has become something of an old friend.