Episode 5: The Long, Hot Summer
The stories of two rough sleepers on the streets of east London. Tara and George endure the hottest summer the country has experienced for years.
Life on the streets is hard and precarious but every soul who sleeps on a pavement has a story. Tara and George is a six-part series exploring the lives of two people in their late forties who sleep rough in London's Spitalfields. It asks the simple questions - what led them there and why do they remain?
Journalist Audrey Gillan has come to know them as neighbours in this diverse and fashionable area of the capital, and has been recording her conversations with Tara and George for nearly two years.
In this fifth episode, Tara and George endure the hottest summer the country has experienced for years, Tara carries signs of having suffered an assault and George, his health visibly deteriorating, returns increasingly often to his hostel.
Written and presented by Audrey Gillan
Produced by Audrey Gillan and Johnny Miller
Original music by Francis Macdonald
Series Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for 91热爆 Radio 4.
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- Tue 11 Sep 2018 15:0091热爆 Radio 4 FM
Who are Tara and George?
Tara and George are rough sleepers in Spitalfields.
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Tara and George
The story of two rough sleepers on the streets of east London.