Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. Moving and amusing letters from the late racing correspondent Roger Mortimer to his wayward son. Read by David Horovitch.
The late Sunday Times Racing Correspondent Roger Mortimer wrote to his wayward son Charlie over a period of twenty five years. The correspondence was sometimes touching, often hilarious and always generous. Charlie is publishing this collection as a tribute to a father who never gave up on him despite his frequent disasters and general inability to live up to expectations.
'Initially there were hopes that I would get my house colours at Eton and become an officer in the Coldstream Guards. Ultimately my dad merely hoped that I would avoid "being taken away in a Black Maria" ... As he predicted it is only in later life that I have come to fully appreciate the affection and wisdom imparted by him to me.'
Read by David Horovitch and Nicky Henson.
Abridged and Produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
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