The Confessional

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Stephen Mangan presents a new comedy chat show about shame and guilt.

In a warm and irreverent interview series, Stephen Mangan offers insights into a well known guest. He asks them to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box.

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The Confessional: Series 3: The Confession of Lady Antonia Fraser

The Confession of Lady Antonia Fraser

Series 3

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Stephen Mangan continues his collection of the guilty secrets of the great and the good.

There's a bucolic nostalgia about today's confession of guilty secrets. Stephen Mangan talks to historian, biographer and novelist Antonia Fraser.

Stephen Mangan’s series of soul-searching, self-abasement and moral pratfalls.  Each week, he invites a different eminent guest into his virtual confessional booth to make three confessions. 

This is a cue for some rich and varied story-telling and surprising insights as their confessions are put under the microscope.

In this episode, Stephen examines the conscience of historian and biographer Antonia Fraser. There are stories here of royal parties, theft and fake masses.

Other guests in this series are Jessie Cave, Neil Dudgeon, Sheila Hancock, Maisie Adam and Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown).

Presenter: Stephen Mangan
Additional material: Nick Doody
Producer: Frank Stirling

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The Confessional: Series 3

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Stephen Mangan invites his guests to reveal their guilty secrets.

Stephen Mangan offers insights into a well known guest. He asks them to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box.

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