Alan Bennett reads his own funny and poignant story set largely in a northern hospital. Comedy is mixed with farce and family relationships are revealed in a throw-away sentence in this moving tale from the master storyteller.

A poignant, gently humorous tale from the master storyteller Alan Bennett. It is set in a Northern hospital and comedy is mixed with farce and family relationships are revealed in a throw-away sentence. It tells of the life and death struggle of a father and son (with Aunt Kitty hovering in the background) is by turns comic and tragic - and always recognisably real.