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The story of two rough sleepers on the streets of east London.

Series exploring the lives of two people in their late 40s who sleep rough in London's Spitalfields.

Tara and George: Episode 5: The Long, Hot Summer

11/09/2018

Episode 5: The Long, Hot Summer

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Tara and George endure the hottest summer the country has experienced for years.

The stories of two rough sleepers on the streets of east London. Tara and George endure the hottest summer the country has experienced for years.

Life on the streets is hard and precarious but every soul who sleeps on a pavement has a story. Tara and George is a six-part series exploring the lives of two people in their late forties who sleep rough in London's Spitalfields. It asks the simple questions - what led them there and why do they remain? 

Journalist Audrey Gillan has come to know them as neighbours in this diverse and fashionable area of the capital, and has been recording her conversations with Tara and George for nearly two years. 

In this fifth episode, Tara and George endure the hottest summer the country has experienced for years, Tara carries signs of having suffered an assault and George, his health visibly deteriorating, returns increasingly often to his hostel.

Written and presented by Audrey Gillan
Produced by Audrey Gillan and Johnny Miller
Original music by Francis Macdonald
Series Producer: Alan Hall

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