'...Beethoven, although he's a miserable, sad, cantankerous companion, but I love him...'
Must be the most profound/honest Desert Island Discs episode ever, with an absolute gem of an ending.
Makes everyone else seem dull, if not phoney.

He managed four more years than he thought - and far more than we all thought....

Very poignant; a hell raiser who couldn't get it up any longer shows himself to be a highly intelligent, sensitive and cultured human being.  I suspect for many his main accomplishment was to allow us more timid souls a vicarious thrill of la vie Boheme without us succumbing to liver damage.

Jeffrey’s brother, Oliver, was a good friend of mine. Listening to Jeffrey for the first time is quite sensational since their voices are so alike. I could be speaking to Oliver again. How I wish. I, also love the sound and responses of Jeffrey.

I'm fascinated by this man, never knew him but played the interview out of intrigue and after I thought despite all his demons what an interesting man he is and goodness how handsome he was when he was younger. Bless him. Xxx

Queer thing about hindsight.  An incredible mind.

I once bought Jeffrey Bernard a drink in the Coaches and Horses pub in Soho. A very large vodka, no tonic, if I remember correctly. After I had handed it to him, he told me to 'sod off'. I would have expected nothing less 😂.

He was a very great writer, in my opinion, not least in the remorseless way he chronicled his own weaknesses and decline.

what a treat

Jeffery Bernard , Lautie Lee and George Orwell - in different ways - were the three great English wordsmiths of the 20th century

He must have had an amazing constitution to reach 65…

Unpredictable, astonishing interview.  I knew nothing about this Jeff character.
Apparently I’m not British.  Mesmerizing.

Wonderful. Even those of us who are fans of Jeff - from his Low Life Column - would have been taken aback by his eminently cultured selection. I would have put money on - say - Bille Holiday or Frank Sinatra,  rather than, in effect, eight classical pieces. Sue Lawley should also be commended here as she brought out the best in Jeff, without being overbearing in any way.

How wounderful it was, listing to Jeffrey. But i couldn't help a tinch of emotion, as he life seamed to be heading to the river, to sleep with the fishes. He had a beautiful hippnotic melancholic voice. Simpler to another eloquently clasy individual, Barry Humphries. I have love to have met both men in a pup. Preferably, an Irishpup!!

Thank you for uploading this Liam.

I enjoy the Coach and Horses , very much. Its still sociable and has interesting characters.  A true essence for a Pub.

I bought the `Jeffery Bernard is unwell` for my father back in the late eighties, he looked at me like i had two heads!. Sir Peter O`Toole is more Bernard than Bernard to a degree, the bar and endless supply of gin and tonic made it all the better!

Jeffery might be dead.  But he will always be unwell ..

We all eventually see ourselves out.. Just enjoy your life simple as, ABC

I felt very sad after listening to this.  Clearly this man was intelligent, exquisitely articulate and cultured - he could have given so much to the world, maybe even become an actor, like his friend Peter O'Toole.  A wasted life, what a tragedy.  He had the temperament of a misunderstood genius, but perhaps without the genius, or at least the ability to display it.  If we could have interviewed Beethoven (another alcoholic) in the last two years of his life, I would bet that he would have spoken and sounded just like Bernard, except with a German accent.

A very Interesting Interview

Very interesting interview