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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