Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Bowler Hat And A Tightly Furled Umbrella | 20070326 BT=1345 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography. His political career began in the foreign office as a junior diplomat in 1952. Episode 1 of 5. | ||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960603] | Five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his career in the Foreign Office. 1: A Bowler Hat and a Tightly Furled Umbrella. Douglas Hurd explains why he did not go straight into politics. Producer Jenni Russell Five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his career in the Foreign Office. 1: A Bowler Hat and a Tightly Furled Umbrella. Douglas Hurd explains why he did not go straight into politics. Producer Jenni Russell | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960603] | Unknown: Douglas Hurd Producer: Jenni Russell Unknown: Douglas Hurd Producer: Jenni Russell | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960610] | Five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his career. 2: Parades and Peking Picnics Douglas Hurd took the slow boat to China to join the small group of Western diplomats in Peking. Producer Jenni Russell Five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his career. 2: Parades and Peking Picnics Douglas Hurd took the slow boat to China to join the small group of Western diplomats in Peking. Producer Jenni Russell | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960610] | ||||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960617] | Five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his Foreign Office career. 3: The Centre of the Storm. Arriving at the UN just as the Suez crisis exploded, Douglas Hurd wrote in his diary: "The world is collapsing around us." Producer Jenni Russell | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960617] | ||||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960624] | Five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his career in the Foreign Office. 4: The Tyranny of Time Producer Jenni Russell | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960624] | Unknown: Douglas Hurd Producer: Jenni Russell | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960701] | The last of five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his career in the Foreign Office. Wars and Peacemakers. "After three years, the news reaching me became on the whole an enemy, not a friend. Turning on the news each morning became an anxiety, not a pleasant excitement." Producer Jenni Russell The last of five talks in which Douglas Hurd reflects on his career in the Foreign Office. Wars and Peacemakers. "After three years, the news reaching me became on the whole an enemy, not a friend. Turning on the news each morning became an anxiety, not a pleasant excitement." Producer Jenni Russell | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960701] | ||||
| Parades And Peking Picnics | 20070327 BT=1345 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography and talks about his time in China in the 1950s. Episode 2 of 5. | ||
| The Centre Of The Storm | 20070328 BT=1345 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd with tales of his time at the United Nations which coincided with the Suez Crisis. Episode 3 of 5. | ||
| The Tyranny Of Time | 20070329 BT=1345 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd talks about his life as a diplomat, his tolerant wife and his rule never to work later than 1.00am. Episode 4 of 5. | ||
| 01 | A Bowler Hat And A Tightly Furled Umbrella | 19960603 | 20041004 (BBC7) 20041005 (BBC7) 20070326 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography. His political career began in the foreign office as a junior diplomat in 1952. |
| 01 OF 5 | A Bowler Hat And A Tightly Furled Umbrella | 20041004 (BBC7) 20041004 BT=1830 (BBC7) 20041005 BT=0030 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography. | |
| 02 | Parades And Peking Picnics | 19960610 | 20041005 (BBC7) 20041005 BT=1830 (BBC7) 20041006 BT=0030 (BBC7) 20041006 (BBC7) 20070327 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography and talks about his time in China in the 1950's. Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography and talks about his time in China in the 1950s. |
| 03 | The Centre Of The Storm | 19960617 | 20041006 BT=1830 (BBC7) 20041006 (BBC7) 20041007 BT=0030 (BBC7) 20041007 (BBC7) 20070328 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography and talks about his time with the United Nations in New York. Douglas Hurd reads from his autobiography and talks about his time with the United Nations in New York. |
| 04 | The Tyranny Of Time | 19960624 | 20041007 BT=1830 (BBC7) 20041007 (BBC7) 20041008 BT=0030 (BBC7) 20041008 (BBC7) 20070329 (BBC7) | Douglas Hurd talks about his life as a diplomat, his tolerant wife and about not working after one am. Douglas Hurd talks about his life as a diplomat, his tolerant wife and his rule never to work later than 1.00am. |
| 05 LAST | War And Peacemakers | 19960701 | 20041008 (BBC7) 20041008 BT=1830 (BBC7) 20041009 BT=0030 (BBC7) 20041009 (BBC7) 20070330 BT=1345 (BBC7) 20070330 (BBC7) | Reading from his autobiography, Douglas Hurd talks about the first Iraq war and what it was like to be in the War Cabinet. Douglas Hurd muses on the First Gulf War, German unification and Bosnia. Douglas Hurd muses on the First Gulf War, German unification and Bosnia. Episode 5 of 5. |