Looking back to 2006 - Alan reflects on how much easier it is to get married than to get a Camden parking permit.

More unique observations, recollections and reminiscences as author, playwright and author Alan Bennett reads extracts from the third collection of his diaries.

Covering the years 2005 to 2014, it proved to be a packed decade.

Abridged and produced by Gordon House.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016. Show less