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  • Imagine Diana Athill: Growing Old Disgracefully (Season 15, Episode 3)
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    TV Episode | Biography, History

Imagine

Diana Athill: Growing Old Disgracefully (Season 15, Episode 3)
TV-14
TV Episode | Biography, History
At the age of 92, Diana Athill is suddenly a celebrity. Her frank and entertaining memoirs, mainly written after the age at which most people retire, chart a life less ordinary. She's had a string of love affairs, mainly with married, ...See moreAt the age of 92, Diana Athill is suddenly a celebrity. Her frank and entertaining memoirs, mainly written after the age at which most people retire, chart a life less ordinary. She's had a string of love affairs, mainly with married, black and/or younger men; enjoyed fifty years of success as an editor, worked with writers as distinguished as Jean Rhys, Norman Mailer and VS Naipaul; and led a privileged childhood in a Norfolk mansion. Recently, she has chosen to go into an old people's home, where they take people 'who have had interesting lives'. Alan Yentob meets her to discuss her life, her work - and her outspoken thoughts on death Written by Press Office See less
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Director
Jill Nicholls
Producer
Jill Nicholls
Editor
Allen Charlton
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Status
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Updated Jun 29, 2010
Release date
Jun 29, 2010 (United Kingdom)
Awards
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5 wins & 9 nominations

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Imagine (2003)
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Britain's Greatest Generation (2015)
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