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125 results found for '"Autobiographies"' in Keywords.
WW2 nurse recollects (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Brenda McBryde about being a nurse during the Second World War including working with inmates at a concentration camp after it was liberated. As her book Nurse’s War is published. Male...
Art Pepper on life in jazz (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Keith Howell interviews saxophonist Art Pepper about his life and career in jazz including his early days playing with Stan Kenton, and also about his heroin addiction and experiences in prison. The...
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Documentary
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Richard Robbins. In the first part he interviews Laura Charteris, Duchess of Marlborough, about her life and her autobiography, Laughter on a Cloud....
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell. Tour guide Susan Harris(?) talks about the role leading walks and her experiences. Followed by author of London Particulars, C H Rolph,...
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Rodney Bennett. In the first part he visits the food and wine festival at Alexandra Palace and talks to organiser Tony Stopani(?); Paulo Jop(?) from...
Ronnie Biggs on his new book (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Exiled Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs on his new book, Ronnie Biggs: His Own Story. Interviewer not heard.
Kiddar’s luck (1982)
- Genre
- Biography; Fiction; Serial
Kiddar’s Luck, episode 7. Originally published in 1951, Common’s best-known book, the autobiographical Kiddar’s Luck, in which he vividly describes his childhood on the streets of Edwardian Tyneside,...
Jimmy Carter interview (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; Special
Peter Sissons interviews former US President, Jimmy Carter (for ITN), coinciding with the publication of his autobiography, Keeping Faith. Carter talks about his background, his religious beliefs, US defence...
Kenneth Williams on new book Back Drops (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with veteran entertainer Kenneth Williams about his new book entitled Back Drops, a diary of a year in his life, and on his keeping a diary regularly. He tells some anecdotes from his life. Male...
Shirley MacLaine’s secret lover (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the hunt for the secret lover of actress Shirley MacLaine. MacLaine revealed the affair in her autobiography, Out On A Limb, which contains several clues as to who the mystery man may be. Includes...