December

Best Woman
It's normally assumed that the best man at a wedding will be, well, a man. But not at Matt Alcock's wedding. He wanted his best friend who happens to be Josina Marshall...a woman

Time at the bar
George Pye is the director of marketing at Hull University and his son Rob is a student at Manchester University. When the opportunity arose for George to live the life of a student for a while, he took it. Ken Cooper met George at the halls of residence as he prepared to settle in...

I'm just a macular degenerate
Ian Whitwam suffers from macular degeneration. He explains how his fading eyesight has affected his social life.

A Rare Woman
Sheila Dray has a rare congenital skin disease called Netherton Syndrome. The symptoms are a little like those of alopecia and Sheila has worn wigs from the age of 5. She explains how the illness has affected her life.

From You
Flea Circuses

Mannequin Man
Frank collects mannequins. He now has about forty of them, but his wife Jan has given him an ultimatum: get rid of them by Christmas or else.

Changing Faces
Alison felt betrayed and rejected when she found out about her husband Miles’ affair. They both decided that to save their marriage, some radical changes were necessary.

Living on a boat
Pete had lived on a narrow boat before meeting Marion and was keen to take to the water again. But it took some persuading to get Marion to agree to leave behind her roomy house. Sarah Woolman reports.

After Simon
When Sally’s husband Simon died of cancer two years ago, she was left to cope with two young children. But the death had a particularly devastating effect on her eldest son who was in need of counselling.

From You
Cats, Toast & Earplugs

Christmas Cake
For more than 30 years, Eunice has been making the family Christmas cake - also known as the Black Cake - based on her own mother's Guyanese recipe.

Phoney War
Helen Matthews is in two minds about letting her 10 year old daughter, Bronwen, have a mobile phone for Christmas.

Remembering Bob
Jacky Bush was pregnant with her second child when her husband Bob got encephalitis. She was advised to forget him but has remained loyal to him for thirty years even though he doesn't recognise her.

Family Music
Pamela Baguely grew up in a little Yorkshire village, with quite a few of her extended family living close by. Her family loved music and her earliest and happiest memories are of sing songs around the piano.

From You
Nativity Plays

A Recycled Christmas
The Reverend David Morphy is Director of Education in the Diocese of Worcester. Some years ago, he decided to recycle a Christmas present.

Heart to Heart
Peter Allinson and James Baxter both had heart transplant operations two years ago. But James and Peter have, it turns out, more than this in common.

German Christmas
Joyce Parkinson worked as a relief worker in Germany just after the Second World War. She was sent to Recklinghausen in the Ruhr Valley and, despite times being as terrible as they were, Joyce had a Christmas experience she has never forgotten.

Brotherly Love
At his brother's 60th birthday, Ted Bruning, did something he now regrets...

From You
Reindeer

Hob Nail Boots
Bryan Gallagher remembers his youth when he went boot-to-boot with the ballroom mafia.

Mum (again)
When Home Truths first spoke to Linda Dilley, her daughter Ellie was about to marry Bruno. But Ellie and Bruno are having some problems with their marriage. So to help out, Linda and Tony have taken in the children.

Slow Dance
When Ali Sparkes was 11 she went to a school disco and was slow danced for the first time with a boy called Chris. She thought she was in love, but next day her best friend informed her that Chris thought she was "a hairy baboon". Ali reports on those other unfortunates who would rather forget their first slow dance.