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Radio 4,11 Jan 1987,40 mins

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The Rt Hon James Prior MP manages to combine his parliamentary work with being the Chairman of the General Electric Company. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he recalls organising a pig club at school during the war and talks about his career in farming and the eventual emergence of politics as his overriding interest. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

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