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1. Diagnosis

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While five-year old William fishes in the castle moat, his older brother's seizures are diagnosed. Memoir read by Dan Stevens.

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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