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Perspective on Failure

on BBC Television

What is failure? Which matters more, to feel personal failure in face of public acclaim, or personal achievement though society condemns? Is failure our fault or our fate?
Contributors include: Frankie Howerd, Paul Potts, Norman St. John-Stevas, Alexander Trocchi, Mary Wade
Interviewers: Elaine Grand, Hugh David, Kenneth Kendall
Introduced by Leonard Maguire.
(to 14.00)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Frankie Howerd
Interviewee:
Paul Potts
Interviewee:
Norman St. John-Stevas
Interviewee:
Alexander Trocchi
Interviewee:
Mary Wade
Interviewer:
Elaine Grand
Interviewer:
Hugh David
Interviewer:
Kenneth Kendall
Presenter:
Leonard Maguire
Research:
Eileen Capel
Producer:
Beryl Radley

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