Devil in the Wilderness
Saul Wordsworth
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FINAL EPISODE: The Search For Spratt - Answers...
In this last ever episode, Saul gets his hands on extraordinary official documentation offering full details surrounding the death of Sergeant William Spratt, victim of “that moment in…
BONUS SIX: The Search for Spratt (part two)
With the help of an archivist (and distant relative) Saul Wordsworth closes in on Spratt, a name cited in his father's diaries - and very likely the victim of “that moment in Iraq".Saul Wordsworth's…
BONUS FIVE: In conversation with Michael Frayn and Blake Morrison
In this extra-special bonus episode two huge literary figures, Michael Frayn and Blake Morrison - both of whom knew Christopher Wordsworth - join host Saul Wordsworth for a discussion about…
BONUS FOUR: The Search for Spratt
Saul Wordsworth revisits the British Library in search of Spratt, a name cited in his father's diaries and very likely the figure central to “that moment in Iraq".Link to BBC feature Images from the…
BONUS THREE: New material
This episode features previously unheard diary entries including an original poem by Christopher Wordsworth, plus a letter that has recently come to light.NEW RELEASE: Devil in the Wilderness:…
BONUS TWO: The Self-Inflicted Wound
Reproduced in full: Christopher Wordsworth's essay The Self-Inflicted Wound - which would propel him from isolation and hunger in the depths of bleak Snowdonia moorland, to Fleet Street. Plus…
BONUS ONE: Speeches at the launch
El Vino's on Fleet Street played host to an event marking the launch of the series. The speeches were captured and are replayed here. Plus reflections from Saul Wordsworth, and diary entries not…
6. That moment in Iraq
6 of 6. Christopher Wordsworth's son, Saul, weighs up the evidence of what happened in Iraq and reaches a conclusion. He also charts his father's final years - and considers his legacy.Executive…
5. Deliverance
5 of 6. As Christopher Wordsworth's trickle of work turns into a stream, he prepares to make the move from Snowdonia to London, though not before one final indiscretion that still reverberates today.…
4. Isolation
4 of 6. After five years with Susan Russell, three friends rent Christopher Wordsworth an impossibly remote, derelict cottage seven miles from civilisation. Here he remains, freezing, starving and…
3. The ghost of madness
3 of 6. Christopher Wordsworth begins a relationship with beautiful American heiress Sue Russell, daughter-in-law of Nobel prize winner Bertrand Russell. But after years of high living, Sue's mental…
2. Snowdonia
2 of 6. Former Fleet Street journalist Christopher Wordsworth fetches up in Snowdonia in 1953 with plans to write The Great Novel, but his arrival causes upset within the community, and his diaries…
1. Troubled beginnings
1 of 6. Video trailer here. Christopher Wordsworth was a Fleet Street journalist from 1962 until his death in 1998, when he was 83. He left behind five diaries that span 1953 to 1963, a period when…
SERIES TRAILER: Devil in the Wilderness
Video trailer HERE***Christopher Wordsworth was a literary critic and sports writer on Fleet Street from 1962 until his death in 1998, when he was 83 and his son Saul Wordsworth was 25. He left…
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Devil in the Wilderness has published 14 episodes since September 2023, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
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