Author:Tracey Emin,Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin is an internationally renowned artist. Here she discusses her life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archives: Breakfast With Frost, BBC One (first broadcast 7 November 1999); Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 6 Sept 2000, featuring Francine Stock); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 9 Oct 2000, featuring Maud Hand); On the Ropes, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 24 July 2001, featuring John Humphrys); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4, (first broadcast 28 Nov 2002, featuring Jenni Murray); Breakfast With Frost, BBC One (first broadcast 30 May 2004); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 28 Nov 2004, featuring Sue Lawley); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 15 March 2006, featuring Jenni Murray) and Mark Lawson Talks to Tracey Emin, BBC Four (first broadcast 14 March 2010).
Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary.
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