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

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

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

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

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