John

Male | 50s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 49

EXTRACT: Apparently fish have very short memories. It's only a matter of seconds. Every time they swim to this end of the tank [moving to one end of the tank] they've already forgotten [moving to the other end of the tank] this end. So when they turn around and swim back, it's all new to them. That little journey from one end of the tank to the other is always the first journey, into an unknown future.

Mrs. Spence

Female | 60+ | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 53

EXTRACT: I don't feel very cheery. Just the opposite. Perhaps it was that sausage...[Pause]. Nigel's given me money for a taxi home. I'm not supposed to be here. There's some chap, I don't know who he is, who mustn't see me. It's quite exciting. Although I've no idea what's going on. I very seldom do these days. There are moments when I'd like to be more...aware of what's happening around me, but most of what's happening doesn't concerns me, so I can't complain.

Roy

Male | 50s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 20

EXTRACT: I've never known it so bad, and I've been selling sheets and pillowcases for thirty years. I can tell you the thread count of a cotton sheet just by touching it. [He holds out his hands and looks down at them]. My hands are old [He smiles briefly at JOHN]. Thirty years ago I was the same man. I was a different man as well, of course. I'm that same different man. I don't really understand that.