Colin Morris talks to Mrs. Douglas Ritchie on the central problems of being a widow.
With them in the studio are:
Geoffrey Gorer, social anthropologist; Mrs. Ann Goossens, hotel receptionist; Mrs. Eileen Welch, housewife; Miss Daphne Padell, advertising executive and broadcaster; John Keeling, plastics technician

Mrs. Ritchie discusses the adjustments she has had to make to her life since her husband died six months ago. She feels as though she has suffered some sort of amputation by the loss; is very much diminished as a person, and is finding the loneliness very hard to cope with. She recounts her present needs, hopes, and apprehensions, and these are commented upon in the studio by others who have faced a similar situation.