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Radio 4,13 Apr 2009,15 mins

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William Fiennes' memoir of his magical childhood in a moated castle in which he grew up with his severely epileptic brother. Five-year-old William is preoccupied with fishing for pike in the castle's moat. His older brother Richard's seizures become increasingly worse, and a severe form of epilepsy is diagnosed. Abridged in five episodes by Viv Beeby. Read by Dan Stevens. Producer: Elizabeth Allard First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

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