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What did The Lady in the Van teach Alan Bennett?

Alan Bennett’s novel The Lady in the Van has been made in to a film starring Dame Maggie Smith. James Naughtie asks the playwright and author what he felt about the true story of the woman who lived outside his house in a van to avoid parking restrictions for 15 years.

First broadcast on Today, 11 November 2015.

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4 minutes

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