David Robb: 'Anorexia killed my wife'

Victoria Derbyshire's Interviews of the Week by BBC

Jul 14, 201420:38News & Politics

Downton Abbey actor David Robb talks to Victoria about his wife’s suicide. Briony McRoberts threw herself in front of a train a year ago. She was 56. He talks about his wife’s battle with anorexia and says the condition...

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