Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant shares the anger he felt over his father’s ‘unnecessary’ Covid death
- The 51-year-old held back tears as he told all to Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs
- His father caught the virus after going into hospital for a routine operation
Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant reveals today his struggles with the ‘unnecessary’ death of his father from Covid in the early days of the pandemic.
The 51-year-old holds back tears as he tells Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that his dad James – a pop music manager who died at 79 – caught the virus after going into hospital for a routine operation.
Blaming the tragedy on a lack of PPE, the Scottish-born designer says: ‘It was totally unnecessary that he died but there was no PPE.
‘The Government was running this catastrophically shambolic programme.
It was heart-breaking to see how badly they all performed.’
Tragic: Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant reveals today his struggles with the ‘unnecessary’ death of his father from Covid in the early days of the pandemic
Hard: Blaming the tragedy on a lack of PPE, the Scottish-born designer says: ‘It was totally unnecessary that he died but there was no PPE
Desert Island Discs airs on BBC Radio 4 today at 11.15am.
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