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Episode 5
5/5 Actor Juliet Stevenson on why a creative life often means a life in want of sleep.
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Episode 4
4/5 Poet Michael Symmons Roberts examines why he has been so fascinated by insomnia.
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Episode 3
3/5 Author AL Kennedy explores why she has always found the nights too thrilling to sleep.
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Episode 2
2/5 Literary critic and author John Sutherland explores the history of insomnia in literature.
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Margaret Drabble
1/5 Author Margaret Drabble explores how insomnia has become something of an old friend.