Michael Blakstad: Spending Christmas Day alone - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Michael Blakstad, 80, and his wife Tricia, 79, who met in North Yorkshire and have been married for 55 years, with three children.

But since the coronavirus pandemic Trisha developed dementia and he was forced to sell his house to pay for the care home fees, while suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Today's Nick Robinson caught up with Michael, as he reflects back on 2020 and looks ahead to the Christmas period.

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