The amazing story of Sir Ian McKellen’s first love ❤️ | The Graham Norton Show – BBC

Sir Ian McKellen shares the story of his first love, writing love letters and reuniting with her.

Among the guests on Graham’s sofa is knight of the stage and screen Ian McKellen, taking the role of Falstaff in Player Kings, a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays.

Also, award-winning actor Michael Sheen, talking about his new Welsh BBC drama series The Way, which he also directed, Ambika Mod, starring in the Netflix version of David Nicholls’ romantic bestseller One Day, and top comic Josh Widdicombe.

With music from chart-topper Gabrielle, who performs her single ‘A Place in Your Heart’.

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Ian McKellen I’ve heard you tell a very sweet story I think you were eight or nine and you met a special someone yes we were on holiday in North Wales yes and uh staying in the same guest house was a lovely girl called Wendy who was from the Midlands and we we were very sweet on each other and used to Go Walks together and hold hands I remember that and when we parted after a week I realized that This Must Be Love I’d heard about love but I was this was it this was it and so I wrote a letter to Wendy and oh blissfully got a return letter from her and we started a correspondence now people here have no idea the thrill of waiting for a letter from the person you love oh because they’re there AR instantly aren’t they they weren’t when I was 9 years old you had to wait and if if the letter wasn’t there at 8:00 in the morning were not because there was a second delivery you know 11 and another in the afternoon and when that didn’t happen you said well there’s always tomorrow it was a great great thing anyway eventually it faded out and I turned in another Direction and I often I often wondered what had happened to Wendy and just about a year ago I was at the National Theater at the interval and a lady of my own age came up to me and said hello and I hello she said I’m Wendy oh wow so we had a hug and we haven’t corresponded and uh if she’s watching this show she’s welcomed to get in touch we could perhaps pick up where we left off and do you still have the letters oh no no what’s a good question but I don’t no oh what did you do with you just chucked them this is a very I didn’t keep them no did she oh cuz they’re the ones that are worth the money no one cares about Wendy’s vet the ones on eBay that you’re