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Clive Jenkins

Sue Lawley's castaway is trade unionist Clive Jenkins.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the most colourful and controversial members of Britain's trade union movement. He is the former General-Secretary of The Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs - Clive Jenkins. Now retired, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about a career which has encompassed disappointment but also considerable triumph, as well as looking back on his Methodist working-class upbringing in South Wales, and the path he trod from there to a position where he wielded extensive power and influence in the tough world of industrial relations.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Book: Look Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔward Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Luxury: Video player and tape of Citizen Kane

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Oct 1990 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Preservation Hall Jazz Band

    Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
    • Columbia.

  • William Shakespeare

    When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (Sonnet No. 30)

    Artist: Sir John Gielgud

    • Ages of Man.
    • Caedmon.

  • Harry Secombe

    We'll Keep A Welcome

    • Spotlight on Harry Secombe.
    • Philips.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade

    Orchestra: The Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Scheherazade.
    • Decca.

  • Larry Adler

    Genevieve

    • Family Favourites: Stage and Screen Memories.
    • Reader's Digest.

  • Marion Montgomery

    What's A Lady Like Me Doing In A Joint Like This

    • On Stage.
    • Cube.

  • Paul Robeson

    Land Of My Fathers

    • The Special Magic of Paul Robeson.
    • Verve.

  • Γ‰dith Piaf

    Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

    • The Legendary Edith Piaf.
    • Music For Pleasure.

  • Book Choice

    • Look Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔward Angel - Thomas Wolfe

  • Luxury Choice

    • Video player and tape of Citizen Kane

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Clive Jenkins

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Oct 1990 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 19 Oct 1990 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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