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From Glory to Infamy

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28/03/2010

BBC Radio 4 - From Glory to Infamy

Michael Dobbs reflects on the ups and downs of two decades of election campaigns.

Michael Dobbs, veteran of two decades of election campaigns, recalls the exhilaration and despair, the wobbles and the turning points, and reflects on the lessons of it all.

1/1. Michael Dobbs, veteran insider of general election campaigns from 1979 to 1997, was at the heart of epoch-making victories and a humiliating defeat. In this one-off talk, he recalls the exhilaration and the despair, the wobbles, the unscripted moments and the turning points of those years - and ruminates on the lessons of it all.  
 
Producer: Simon Coates.

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