Hanif Kureishi

The novelist and playwright tells Anthony Clare about trying to make sense of his real self through his work. From October 1998. 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. Series highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams. Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.

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Hanif Kureishi is an episode from In the Psychiatrist's Chair by BBC.

This episode is 43:04 long.

This episode was published on Jul 19, 2014.

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