1. Bittersweet

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Comedian, actor and writer Robert Webb looks back on his bittersweet childhood in Lincolnshire. He also shares wise words on masculinity's pitfalls. Best known for his work with David Mitchell on BBC Radio 4's award winning That Mitchell and Webb Sound and Channel 4 TV's Peep Show, Robert has written a memoir that is both laugh out loud funny and powerfully moving and tender. An uneasy early childhood growing up in Lincolnshire, is followed by schoolboy crushes on girls and boys, to discovering a talent for making people laugh, to grief, and to becoming a husband and father. As his life story unfolds, Robert questions the expectations thrust on boys and men and reflects on how these have shaped the man he is today. Abridged in five parts by Richard Hamilton. Written and read by Robert Webb. Producer: Elizabeth Allard First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.