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Wilfred Frost rediscovers his father David Frost's interviews with A-list entertainers.

Wilfred Frost rediscovers his father David Frost's interviews with the greatest entertainers of the last 70 years. Many of these conversations have not been heard for decades.

David Frost was the 20th century's most prolific interviewer, a master of conversation with a remarkable talent for getting people to open up and spill their souls. In The Frost Tapes: The Entertainers, Wilfred Frost rediscovers his father's interviews with an A-list line up of musicians (Elton John, The Beatles, and Andrew Lloyd Webber), entertainers and political activists (Sammy Davis Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Jane Fonda) - plus Hollywood stars (Michael Caine, Elizabeth Taylor, and Lauren Bacall). Many of these conversations have not been heard for decades. 

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The Frost Tapes: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

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Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood’s first million-dollar star, was the definition of an icon.

Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood’s first million-dollar star, was the definition of an icon. She discussed it all in her conversations with David Frost.

David Frost was the 20th century’s most prolific interviewer, a master of conversation with a remarkable talent for getting people to open up and spill their souls. Many of his conversations, however, have been lost - until now. Presented by his son, broadcaster Wilfred Frost, The Frost Tapes joins David as he interviews the greatest entertainers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Hollywood’s first million-dollar star, Elizabeth Taylor was the definition of the word “icon". In her conversations with David Frost, she discussed the abusive control of movie studios, her eight marriages, and the difficulties of transitioning from child actress to bombshell starlet.

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