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Front Row: Tom Jones looks back at his life and career

23/04/2021

Tom Jones looks back at his life and career

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Tom Jones looks back at his life and career

At the age of 80, Tom Jones is releasing a new album in which he reflects back on his life

In a wide-ranging extended interview, Sir Tom Jones looks back on his life and career as he releases a new album at the age of 80.

In a wide ranging extended interview, Sir Tom Jones looks back at his life and career, from his coal-mining upbringing in South Wales to global superstardom. 

He talks about the therapy he underwent to restore his ability to sing after the death of his wife and the two year quarantine he endured as a child because of tuberculosis. 

He recalls the time he lost his temper with John Lennon, and the singing teacher who urged him to become on operatic tenor. 

At the age of 80, Tom has recorded a new album of songs that relate to his life, by writers such as Michael Kiwanuka and Bob Dylan, called Surrounded by Time. 

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Timothy Prosser
Studio Engineer: Giles Aspen

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