Unreliable Memoirs

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Duration

18 minutes

15 minutes

Genre

Factual
Life Stories

Station

Radio 4

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	20191230		Clive James reads his autobiography. An accident-prone child actor will stop at nothing to avoid school. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
01	20191230	20191231 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. An accident-prone child actor will stop at nothing to avoid school. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
02	20191231		Clive James reads his autobiography. The pleasure of terrorising the neighbourhood in a homemade cape and mask. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
02	20191231	20200101 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. The pleasure of terrorising the neighbourhood in a homemade cape and mask. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
03	20200101		Clive James reads his autobiography. Saying no to a Sidney High School bursary to go to the dilapidated Sydney Tech. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
03	20200101	20200102 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. Saying no to a Sidney High School bursary to go to the dilapidated Sydney Tech. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
04	20200102		Clive James reads his autobiography. Against his intentions, enrolling at Sydney University and liking it. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
04	20200102	20200103 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. Against his intentions, enrolling at Sydney University and liking it. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
05	20200103		Clive James reads his autobiography. After a spell of national service, returning to university with a new outlook. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
05	20200103	20200104 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. After a spell of national service, returning to university with a new outlook. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	20191230		Clive James reads his autobiography. An accident-prone child actor will stop at nothing to avoid school. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
01	20191230	20191231 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. An accident-prone child actor will stop at nothing to avoid school. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
02	20191231		Clive James reads his autobiography. The pleasure of terrorising the neighbourhood in a homemade cape and mask. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
02	20191231	20200101 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. The pleasure of terrorising the neighbourhood in a homemade cape and mask. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
03	20200101		Clive James reads his autobiography. Saying no to a Sidney High School bursary to go to the dilapidated Sydney Tech. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
03	20200101	20200102 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. Saying no to a Sidney High School bursary to go to the dilapidated Sydney Tech. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
04	20200102		Clive James reads his autobiography. Against his intentions, enrolling at Sydney University and liking it. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
04	20200102	20200103 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. Against his intentions, enrolling at Sydney University and liking it. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
05	20200103		Clive James reads his autobiography. After a spell of national service, returning to university with a new outlook. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.
05	20200103	20200104 (R4)	Clive James reads his autobiography. After a spell of national service, returning to university with a new outlook. Australian-born Clive James reads the first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, exploring his life growing up from being an accident prone child actor who hated school, through to national service and a place at Sydney University. Clive James - writer, broadcaster and poet - was known around the world for his dry wit. Born Vivian James in 1939, he moved to England in 1962 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television. The show saw him introduce amusing and off-beat TV clips from around the world, most famously from Japanese game show Endurance. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, the author and critic had movingly written about his terminal illness during the final years of his life. He died on 24th November at his home in Cambridge, where he had attended university and where his funeral took place at Pembroke College. He was 80 years old. Unreliable Memoirs was first published in 1980. It was abridged and produced by Jane Marshall, and read by Clive James. A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in 2001. Clive James reads the first part of his autobiography on his early life in Australia.