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In conversation with psychiatrist Anthony Clare, Molly Parkin reveals some of the lessons she has learnt after a life marked by artistic, sexual and alcoholic excesses. (1996)

In conversation with psychiatrist Anthony Clare, ex-fashion editor and novelist Molly Parkin reveals some of the lessons she has learnt after a life marked by artistic, sexual and alcoholic excesses. After rebelling against a puritanical upbringing, her rapacious lifestyle reached its lowest point one morning in a gutter in London. Now a pensioner of 64, in love and at peace, how does she feel she has changed? (1996)

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Mon 12 Aug 199619:00

BBC Four Bohemian Icons Collection

BBC Four Bohemian Icons Collection
Explore the great lives of artists and writers who forged their own paths in this BBC Four Collection.
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RoleContributor
PresenterAnthony Clare
InterviewerMolly Parkin
Series ProducerCatherine Seddon
Executive ProducerJudith Holder

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