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Glenda Jackson in Her Own Words

By: Glenda Jackson
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This fascinating collection of archive interviews with the renowned actress and MP begins with an archive radio interview in 1970 and runs through to a guest appearance on Desert Island Discs in 1997. Along the way, Glenda Jackson appears on numerous programmes including Omnibus, Profile, Parkinson, In the Psychiatrist's Chair and Start the Week, during the course of which she discusses her background and early years, women in theatre, and her journey from being a highly successful actress to becoming a member of parliament (and minister of transport). She also appears on A Chance to Meet Glenda Jackson and In the Hot Seat, where she faces the questions of an invited audience and discusses a wide range of topics.

The included interviews are: radio archive interview (first broadcast 5th August 1970); Omnibus, BBC television (19th September 1971); Profile, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 20th March 1972); A Chance to Meet Glenda Jackson, BBC television (first broadcast 1st October 1972); Parkinson, BBC One (first broadcast 24th November 1973); Parkinson, BBC One (first broadcast 23rd October 1976); In the Psychiatrist's Chair, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 31st July 1982); Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 9th July 1990); In the Hot Seat, BBC radio (first broadcast 31st August 1990); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (28th December 1997).

Please note: due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary.

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Jackson's work as an actor was always shot through with an articulate intelligence which, unfortunately was not given space to reappear in the stuffiness of Westminster.

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