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Winston Churchill woos Clementine Hosier

Pug and Clemmy Cat (aka Winston Churchill and Clementine Hosier) commence their epistolary romance in a dramatic reading of "Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill", edited by their daughter Mary Soames, with the couple portrayed by actors Alex Jennings and Sylvestra Le Touzel.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 7 "Speaking for Themselves Omnibus" (Episodes 1-5 of 10)