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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.

In the Psychiatrist's Chair: RD Laing

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RD Laing

08/08/2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra - In the Psychiatrist's Chair, RD Laing

A key figure in the 60s, influential psychiatrist RD Laing talks to Dr Anthony Clare.

4 Extra Debut. A key figure in the 60s, the influential psychiatrist tells Dr Anthony Clare about the major influences on his life. From July 1985.

A key figure in the 60s, influential psychiatrist RD Laing tells Professor Anthony Clare about the major influences on his life.
 
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 1985.

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