Life discarded: 148 diaries found in a skip

In 2001, 148 tattered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in a skip on a building site. Tens of thousands of pages were filled to the edges with urgent handwriting - a small part of an intimate, anonymous diary, starting in 1952 and ending half a century later. Over five years, the author uncovers the real history of their author, with an astounding final revelation.