The Benn Tapes – Vol 1 Audiobook (Free)

This is actually the first group of Labour MP Tony Benn’s behind-the-scenes revelations in the highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series. ‘The Observer’ known as it ‘Irresistible fly-on-the-wall history as it in fact happens.’ Past due each night for over twenty-five years the Labour MP and previous Secretary of Condition Tony Benn sat alone and dictated onto tape his accounts from the daily occasions in the centre of federal government. The immediacy, interest and mood is impressive as he unburdens himself from the pressure and tension, tests and tribulations of government and opposition with accounts veering from anecdotal to nearly confessional. Events recalled in the to begin these exclusive and remarkable recordings – noticed by the public for the first time on Radio 4 – consist of Harold Wilson’s shock resignation in 1976; the possibly catastrophic 1977 hit at Windscale; the year-long miners’ strike in 1984 and the general election in 1992.