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A son uncovers disturbing secrets in the diaries his journalist father left behind.
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English
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14 episodes
since Sept. 22, 2023
episodic
explicit content
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In this last ever episode, Saul gets his hands on extraordinary official documentation offering full details surrounding the death of Sergeant William Spratt, victim of “that moment in Iraq".
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Slowly Peeling Back, the new album by Saul Wordsworth, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Mus…
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With the help of an archivist (and distant relative) Saul Wordsworth closes in on Spratt, a name cited in his father's diaries - and very likely the victim of “that moment in Iraq".
Saul Wordsworth's new album Hope Is Not A Strategy is available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming serv…
In this extra-special bonus episode two huge literary figures, Michael Frayn and Blake Morrison - both of whom knew Christopher Wordsworth - join host Saul Wordsworth for a discussion about father-son memoirs.
The Observer piece cited in this episode can be found here
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Saul Wordsworth revisits the British Library in search of Spratt, a name cited in his father's diaries and very likely the figure central to “that moment in Iraq".
Link to BBC feature
Images from the series can be found here
Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available …
This episode features previously unheard diary entries including an original poem by Christopher Wordsworth, plus a letter that has recently come to light.
NEW RELEASE: Devil in the Wilderness: Original Podcast Soundtrack by Saul Wordsworth is available on Spotify, Amazon Music and all other …
Reproduced in full: Christopher Wordsworth's essay The Self-Inflicted Wound - which would propel him from isolation and hunger in the depths of bleak Snowdonia moorland, to Fleet Street. Plus discussion of future bonus episodes and the ripple effect of the series.
The music video cited in the episo…
El Vino's on Fleet Street played host to an event marking the launch of the series. The speeches were captured and are replayed here. Plus reflections from Saul Wordsworth, and diary entries not featured previously.
Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The vo…
6 of 6. Christopher Wordsworth's son, Saul, weighs up the evidence of what happened in Iraq and reaches a conclusion. He also charts his father's final years - and considers his legacy.Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wo…
5 of 6. As Christopher Wordsworth's trickle of work turns into a stream, he prepares to make the move from Snowdonia to London, though not before one final indiscretion that still reverberates today. Meanwhile, his son Saul explores what it was like growing up with this man as his father.
Executive…
4 of 6. After five years with Susan Russell, three friends rent Christopher Wordsworth an impossibly remote, derelict cottage seven miles from civilisation. Here he remains, freezing, starving and haunted by the past - until his fortunes finally begin to shift.
Executive producer of the …
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