'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Ami Bouhassane shares the love letters from her grandmother, held in the Lee Miller's Archives, conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller.

In this episode Roland tells Lee about what he hears is happening in Spain and Lee asks Roland to make a Surrealist Object for her to exhibit in the Surrealist Objects exhibition in London.

‘You ask about Spain – the agony of those wretched people increases daily. It is not only your military and diplomatic friends that are so blind and cowardly, the government does nothing effective either to stop the Italian intervention or rescue of the refugees from northern Spain where they are being massacred according to the most authentic accounts – men, women, children, priests and anyone who disagrees with Franco.’ Wrote Roland 1st November 1937

Guest Speakers: Antony Penrose (son of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose and Co-Director of Lee Miller Archives), Hilary Roberts (Independent Curator, formerly senior curator of photography at Imperial War Museums, London), Hussein Omar (lecturer on Modern global history, University college Dublin) and Sam Bardaouil (Founder & curator of ArtReorientated).

Lee Miller's letters read and presented by Ami Bouhassane

Roland Penrose's letters read by Adam Grayson

Music composed by David Cullen

Series Producer: Tolly Robinson

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