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My Name Escapes Me by Sir Alec Guinness Episodes

  1. 5: March - May 1996

    5/5 The actor muses on Leonard Cheshire, a stormy Easter in Rome and British beef.

  2. 4: January - March 1996

    4/5 The actor recalls his memories of the film-maker David Lean.

  3. 3: October 1995 - January 1996

    3/5 The actor recalls dark days for his wife and son, plus tales of Burton and Taylor.

  4. 2: July - October 1995

    2/5 Musings on fame and fans, Shakespeare's Globe and early theatre-going in Eastbourne.

  5. 1: January - June 1995

    1/5 Sir Alec Guinness reads his own "diary of a retiring actor".