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In the Psychiatrist's Chair

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Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare conducts in depth interviews with prominent people.

Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare conducts in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life.

Anthony Clare

In the Psychiatrist's Chair: Ruth Rendell

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04/07/2015

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The queen of crime reveals why she is jaundiced about the idea of the 'happy family'.

The queen of crime tells Professor Anthony Clare why she is jaundiced about the idea of the 'happy family'. From July 1994.

Queen of crime Ruth Rendell tells Professor Anthony Clare why she's jaundiced about the idea of the 'happy family'. 

Ruth Rendell was born in 1930 and died in 2015.

Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life. 

Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair.

Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV.

Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.

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