Sheila Hancock: Age, shouting at the radio and rage.

05/31/22 • 8 min

Dame Sheila Hancock has written a memoir about her life not just as an actor but as a sister, mother and widow. It's called Old Rage and she spoke to Today's Nick Robinson about why she finds herself getting angrier as she gets older. Photo credit: BBC, Matt Squire.

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