Reputations

AJP Taylor: An Unusual Kind of Star (1995x2)

Air date: Jan 22, 1995

At his peak, A.J.P. Taylor was the most famous English-speaking historian in the world, speaking direct to the television camera without any notes. But the don was denied what he really wanted: Oxford's top history job. Was he the victim of a hidebound establishment, or was he too much in love with the media limelight?