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4: January - March 1996
Episode 4 of 5
The actor’s 1990s memoirs. A forgotten favour turns up on screen - and there are memories of film-maker David Lean. From 1996.
Sir Alec Guinness reads his own "diary of a retiring actor", abridged for radio in five parts by Neville Teller.
The acting knight's 1990s memoirs. A forgotten favour turns up on screen - and there are memories of film-maker David Lean.
Producer Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 1996.
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