Chris and Don's relationship breaks down. After ten years with Don in Santa Monica, Chris moves to San Francisco, where he works on his novel A Single Man, inspired by the fear of living alone. The Animals reconcile at home, and Chris travels to India with his Hindu guru, while Don, separately, also travels abroad. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Chris and Don's relationship breaks down. After ten years with Don in Santa Monica, Chris moves to San Francisco, where he works on his novel A Single Man, inspired by the fear of living alone. The Animals reconcile at home, and Chris travels to India with his Hindu guru, while Don, separately, also travels abroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris and Don's relationship breaks down. After ten years with Don in Santa Monica, Chris moves to San Francisco, where he works on his novel A Single Man, inspired by the fear of living alone. The Animals reconcile at home, and Chris travels to India with his Hindu guru, while Don, separately, also travels abroad. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode Three: “I Want to Talk Cat-Horse Again”

Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, a celebrated novelist and a talented painter, were openly gay in conservative 1950s Hollywood. In private, they called themselves The Animals. Simon Callow and Alan Cumming read their love letters; Katherine Bucknell reveals secrets they kept even from their friends, a galaxy of star writers, artists, stage players and movie makers in L.A., London, and New York. The series is capped by a play the lovers wrote together, A Meeting by the River, starring Dominic West, Kyle Soller and Penelope Wilton, and directed by Anthony Page. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, a celebrated novelist and a talented painter, were openly gay in conservative 1950s Hollywood. In private, they called themselves The Animals. Simon Callow and Alan Cumming read their love letters; Katherine Bucknell reveals secrets they kept even from their friends, a galaxy of star writers, artists, stage players and movie makers in L.A., London, and New York. The series is capped by a play the lovers wrote together, A Meeting by the River, starring Dominic West, Kyle Soller and Penelope Wilton, and directed by Anthony Page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, a celebrated novelist and a talented painter, were openly gay in conservative 1950s Hollywood. In private, they called themselves The Animals. Simon Callow and Alan Cumming read their love letters; Katherine Bucknell reveals secrets they kept even from their friends, a galaxy of star writers, artists, stage players and movie makers in L.A., London, and New York. The series is capped by a play the lovers wrote together, A Meeting by the River, starring Dominic West, Kyle Soller and Penelope Wilton, and directed by Anthony Page. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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