Gore Vidal: In the Psychiatrists Chair - BBC Radio (October 2000)

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.

Fastidious, unforgiving, disdainful, aphoristic, bellicose and wickedly compelling. Legendary American writer and critic Gore Vidal discusses his extraordinary life and career with Professor Anthony Clare. From October 2000.

Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life.

Born in Dublin, author Anthony Clare 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.