A series of six programmes 2: Gore Vidal
GORE VIDAL , the enfant terrible of American letters, is 50 this year, and outrageous legend still surrounds his reputation. Author of Myra Breckinridge , Washington DC and Burr; would-be president; crusader for socialism and bi-sexuality; he now lives in some splendour in Italy, and there he talks of the ironies of succeeding so spectacularly in a world which he delights to attack.
Executive producer MIKE WOOLER Director DAVID CHESHIRE