Never Mind The Bar Charts

Jeremy Thorpe: European triumph, political leadership and personal scandal

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The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts is another in the occasional series looking back at previous party leaders with Duncan Brack.

This time we pick over Jeremy Thorpe's career - securing Britain's place in Europe, leading the Liberal Party to national prominence and then mired in scandal. What to make of it all?

Show notes

  • Our previous episode about Jo Grimond - www.markpack.org.uk/161656/jo-grimond-podcast/
  • Our interview of Jeremy Thorpe - www.markpack.org.uk/1486/jeremy-thorpe-interview/
  • Jeremy Thorpe and Jimi Hendrix - www.mediastorehouse.co.uk/memory-lane-prints/mirror/0100to0199-00163/jeremy-thorpe-jimi-hendrix-concert-jimi-hendrix-21541729.html
  • Other photos of Jeremy Thorpe looking stylish - www.gettyimages.co.uk/search/2/image?family=editorial&phrase=jeremy%20thorpe&sort=oldest&recency=daterange&begindate=1960-01-01&enddate=1980-01-01
  • Peter Cook satirises the judge's summing up in the trial of Jeremy Thorpe - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyos-M48B8U
  • Duncan Brack on Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/duncanbrack.bsky.social
  • The Lib Dem History Group is at liberalhistory.org.uk
  • Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch is available from Amazon - amzn.to/41QQUf5 - Bookshop.org - uk.bookshop.org/a/588/9780349142203 - and Waterstones - tidd.ly/3DhN31o
  • Theme tune by Hugo Lee: hugoleemusic.com
  • New to listening to podcasts? Here are some tips on how to listen to podcasts: www.markpack.org.uk/161708/how-to-listen-to-a-podcast
  • Check out some of this show's most popular previous episodes: www.markpack.org.uk/168491/most-popular-episodes-never-mind-the-bar-charts

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