 In the summer of 1985 Lawrence was interviewed by Julia Cave for a BBC "Omnibus" programme about T. E. Lawrence.In September 1985, when he and his wife could no longer drive, they moved to Langford, near Biggleswade, close to where their two grandchildren were living.Following his wife's death in November 1986, Lawrence moved to the house of a friend and fellow archaeologist, Peggy Guido (1912–1994) in Devizes, Wiltshire.