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 first episode, More Issues than Vogue, named after the wording on one of Tara's T-shirts, the pair introduce us to their world and reveal how they are each other's anchor in a sea of chaos.

First broadcast 14th August 2018, BBC Radio 4
Written and presented by Audrey Gillan
Produced by Audrey Gillan and Johnny Miller
Original music by Francis MacDonald
Series Producer: Alan Hall

Image courtesy of Gilbert and George / White Cube

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