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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: Ken Russell

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Ken Russell

11/07/2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra - In the Psychiatrist's Chair, Ken Russell

The film director tells Dr Anthony Clare about his early life and love of the image.

The film director tells Dr Anthony Clare about his childhood, his early life and his love for the power of the image. From August 1988.

Film director Ken Russell tells Dr Anthony Clare about his childhood, his early life and his love for the power of the image. 

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 August 1988.

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