Devil in the Wilderness

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 new album Hope Is Not A Strategy is available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services.

Images from the series can be found here

Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter. The other voice featured on this episode is Chris Chakraborty.

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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 father-son memoirs.

The Observer piece cited in this episode can be found here

Images from the series - including photographs taken during this three-way discussion - can be found here

Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.

The executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

BOOKS BY MICHAEL FRAYN

My Father's Fortune

Amongst Others: Friendships and Encounters

BOOKS BY BLAKE MORRISON

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Two Sisters

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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 series can be found here

Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.

Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

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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: Original Podcast Soundtrack by Saul Wordsworth is available on Spotify, Amazon Music and all other streaming services.

Images from the series can be found here

Executive producer is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

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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 discussion of future bonus episodes and the ripple effect of the series.

The music video cited in the episode can be found HERE

Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on SPOTIFY and other streaming services.

Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

Images from the series can be found here

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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 featured previously.

Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.

The Observer article cited in this episode can be found here

Images from the series can be found here

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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. Meanwhile, his son Saul explores what it was like growing up with this man as his father.

Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.

Images from the series can be found here

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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 haunted by the past - until his fortunes finally begin to shift. 

Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.

Images from the series can be found here

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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 instability finally catches up with them both, and a panorama of tragedy slowly begins to unfold.

Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.

Images from the series can be found here

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