Desert Island Discs

Alle afleveringen

2.000 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud

1. Ken Loach

   18 april 1999 · 38 min

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   Sue Lawley's guest this week is the film director Ken Loach. Probably best known for his film Kes, his recent film, My Name Is Joe has just won the award for best actor at Cannes. He learnt his craft in television in the 1960s, quickly attracting attention with Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, which prompted the setting up of the homeless charity Shelter. Lees meer

   [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

   Favourite track: Opening of the 4th Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
   Book: Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics by Francis Palgrave
   Luxury: Radio (for football results)

2. Paco Peña

   11 april 1999 · 37 min

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   This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the flamenco guitarist Paco Peña. Celebrated thoughout the world for his authentic performances, he was born into a poor family in Southern Spain where music, singing and dancing was part of everyday life. Today, he is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional Flamenco players. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

   [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

   Favourite track: Portro de Rabia y Miel by Camaron de la Isla
   Book: An Anthology of Poetry - 'Las Mil Mejores Poesia' Dela Lengua Castellana by Jose Bergua
   Luxury: Virtual reality module

3. Richard Dunwoody

   4 april 1999 · 34 min

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   "Sue Lawley's guest this week is the jockey Richard Dunwoody. He's been champion jockey three times and has won the Grand National twice. Now he's hot on the heels of Peter Scudamore's record for the most wins ever. He chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

   [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

   Favourite track: Clare Island by The Saw Doctors
   Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
   Luxury: An endless supply of ice-cream

4. Luise Rainer

   28 maart 1999 · 37 min

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   Sue Lawley's guest this week is the actress Luise Rainer who recently appeared in the film The Gambler. In 1936 she won the first of two Oscars for her telephone scene in the film The Great Zeigfeld. Despite her success, she felt uncomfortable in Hollywood and made her friends among the European expatriate community, including Schoenburg, Einstein and Thomas Mann. Lees meer

   [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

   Favourite track: The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn
   Book: The Proper Study of Mankind by Isaiah Berlin
   Luxury: To be missed by the people she loves

5. Rt Hon Mo Mowlam MP

   21 maart 1999 · 36 min

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   Sue Lawley's castaway is Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam. Lees meer

   Favourite track: Chicago by Frank Sinatra
   Book: The collected works by Seamus Heaney
   Luxury: A globe

6. Fay Maschler

   14 maart 1999 · 34 min

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   Sue Lawley's guest this week is the award-winning restaurant critic Fay Maschler. Twenty-seven years after she won a competition to write a column for the Evening Standard, she is still eating out three times a week, comparing caramel crackling and moue of mousse, on our behalf. She chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

   [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

   Favourite track: Goldberg Variations Nos. 1 and 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach
   Book: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
   Luxury: A huge supply of ouzo

7. Richard Curtis

   28 februari 1999 · 35 min

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   Sue Lawley's castaway is scriptwriter & Comic Relief founder Richard Curtis. Lees meer

   Favourite track: And I Love Her by The Beatles
   Book: Guinness Book of Pop
   Luxury: Pizza Express in Notting Hill

8. Maria Ewing

   21 februari 1999 · 36 min

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   This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the opera singer Maria Ewing. Renowned for her acting ability as much as her voice - she portrayed Carmen as witty, clever and very very dangerous. Her Sheherazade was sexy. While as Salome she brought the audience to the edge of their seats as the last of the seven veils revealed her naked beneath. In conversation with Sue Lawley, she talks about her life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

   [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

   Favourite track: Opening of Prelude a L'apres-midi d'un Faune by Claude Debussy
   Book: Collected Poems by John Donne
   Luxury: Piano

9. Nina Cassian

   14 februari 1999 · 39 min

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   Sue Lawley's guest this week is the Romanian poet Nina Cassian. She was forbidden to return home, after a visit to New York, because of her outspoken critisism the Ceaucescu regime. The loneliness of the unwilling exile is often reflected in her work, but so is love, passion and her wicked sense of humour. Lees meer

   [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

   Favourite track: Ach Golgatha by Johann Sebastian Bach
   Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
   Luxury: Cigarettes and whisky

10. Andras Schiff

    7 februari 1999 · 39 min

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    Sue Lawley's guest this week is the pianist Andras Schiff. Born in Hungary, Bartok was the first composer he fell in love with and his music is still a regular part of his repertoire; despite making his fingers bleed. He compares learning a new composition to maturing wine - you can taste it almost immediately but it takes many years to become a vintage performance. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: String Quintet in C - Second Movement by Franz Schubert
    Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
    Luxury: Piano

11. Bill Bryson

    31 januari 1999 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's guest this week is the American travel writer Bill Bryson. His inspiration was his father; a great traveller who never quite made it to his intended destination. His best-selling books, Notes from a Small Island and The Lost Continent, chronicle his experiences of facing up to fearsome British landladies and American motels which make the Bates hotel in Psycho look inviting. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: (Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay by Otis Redding
    Book: The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
    Luxury: Basket ball and hoop, and a little hard standing

12. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

    24 januari 1999 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's guest this week is the writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Born in Germany, she came to England as a refugee and moved to India as a young bride where she wrote her first film screenplay in 1961 - in eight days. Since then, she has written over 30 screenplays, all bar one in collaboration with the Merchant-Ivory partnership, including Heat and Dust, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Sanctus from B Minor Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    Luxury: A chaise longue by a window

13. David Shepherd

    17 januari 1999 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's guest this week is the wildlife artist David Shepherd. Lees meer

    Rejected from the Slade Art School on the grounds of having 'no talent whatsoever' he was taught to paint by a man he met at a cocktail party who told him "you're going to be painting for the Inland Revenue, the Gas Board and the school fees." Famed now for his paintings of elephants, he is one of the best-selling artists in the world.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler
    Book: Collection by Beatrix Potter
    Luxury: Wind-up video player

14. Clare Hollingworth

    10 januari 1999 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's guest this week is the war correspondent Clare Hollingworth. In a career spanning 60 years, her scoops have included identifying Kim Philby as 'the third man' and being the first to spot the massing of German tanks on the Polish border in 1939. She chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Symphony No.8, the 'Unfinished Symphony' by Franz Schubert
    Book: History of England by G M Trevelyan
    Luxury: Paper and pens (with thick nibs)

15. Dave Brubeck

    3 januari 1999 · 37 min

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    This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. One of the most successful musicians of our time, it's nearly 40 years since he famously encouraged us to Take Five, and so changed the sound of jazz forever. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: The Ode To Joy (Symphony No 9) by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Book: The Spear in the Sand by Raoul C Faure
    Luxury: Grand piano

16. David Attenborough

    25 december 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is Sir David Attenborough. He brought the blue-footed booby into our sitting rooms, and revealed the secret lives of plants. But we remember him best caught in the embrace of a female gorilla. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Adagio from String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert
    Book: Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life by W B Lord
    Luxury: Guitar

17. Bob Monkhouse

    20 december 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the comedian and television host Bob Monkhouse. He began his career as a schoolboy writing jokes for established comedians. Later he became a gag writer for radio. But it was television which made his name. From the Golden Shot to Bob's Full House, he reckons he's hosted more than 27 different shows. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Adagio for Strings, Opus 11 by Samuel Barber
    Book: The Adventures of Alice by Lewis Carroll
    Luxury: Clarinet

18. Dick Francis

    13 december 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the novelist Dick Francis. In what he calls "the best years of my life" as a professional jockey, he broke his nose, his collarbone, his wrist and his skull but also won 345 of the 2,305 races he ran. Now a best-selling author of 37 novels, he chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller Orchestra
    Book: Men and Horses I Have Known by George Lampton
    Luxury: Waterbed

19. John Keegan

    6 december 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the military historian John Keegan. As a boy, he would listen to his father's tales of war on the Western Front. Disabled because of a childhood illness, he was unable to become a soldier himself, and so chose to document their history instead. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: An die Musik by Franz Schubert
    Book: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
    Luxury: French-speaking man robot

20. Eileen Atkins

    29 november 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the actress Eileen Atkins. From dancing in working men's clubs as a child to portraying Virginia Woolf on Broadway and the snobbish Celia for Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologue, she traces her life as performer and writer. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Get off of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones
    Book: Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf
    Luxury: An Atkinson Grimshaw painting

21. Bill Morris

    22 november 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' union, Bill Morris. As a small boy growing up in Jamacia, he bunked off school to play his favourite sport - cricket. His ultimate dream was to become one of the West Indies team. So how did he become leader of one of the biggest unions in the country? Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler
    Book: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
    Luxury: Cricket bat signed by 'the three Ws' - Sir Frank Warrel, Everton Weeks and Clive Walcot

22. Nicole Kidman

    15 november 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the actress Nicole Kidman. Fresh from her West End triumph in The Blue Room, she traces her life from her suburban Australian upbringing to the heart of Hollywood and beyond. She chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
    Book: Collection of Poems by Emily Dickinson
    Luxury: Sun block

23. Joseph Rotblat

    8 november 1998 · 43 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the nuclear physicist and Nobel Peace Laureate, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat. During World War II he quit the notorious Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb when he realised that 'nothing good can come out of evil'. Fifty years later he is still committed to multilateral disarmament and the pursuit of peace. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: A Rill will be a Stream, a Stream will be a Flood by Swedish Physicians in Concert for the Prevention of Nuclear War
    Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica on CD-Rom
    Luxury: Solar-powered laptop

24. Paul Daniel

    1 november 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the conductor Paul Daniel. Within weeks of becoming Music Director of the English National Opera his boss had resigned and there was talk of its merging with Covent Garden. He recalls how he won the war for the ENO's survival and the musical experiences which led him there. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Irrlicht from Winterreise. by Franz Schubert
    Book: Beautifully bound blank book
    Luxury: Cello and music for Bach's cello suites

25. Lucy Gannon

    30 augustus 1998 · 35 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the television script writer Lucy Gannon. Her life informs much of her work. When she created Soldier Soldier she used her experience of the military police. In The Gift she drew on her grief when her mother died. And Trip Trap reflected the violence of her first marriage. Lees meer

    She started writing by chance when she entered a competition and won first prize - writer in residence at the RSC.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: The Best by Tina Turner
    Book: The Faber Book of Reportage by John Carey
    Luxury: Jaguar XK8

26. Ralph Koltai

    23 augustus 1998 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the stage designer Ralph Koltai. He says his work is not about art, but about ideas. His stage sets are a metaphor for the whole play. Thus he thrilled Ken Russell by building him four stages each resembling different parts of a woman's body. His aim? To represent the degradation of women in the 18th century. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor by Max Bruch
    Book: French dictionary
    Luxury: Cigars

27. Les Murray

    16 augustus 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the Australian poet Les Murray. He began writing when he realised that poetry didn't have to be about daffodils in a far off English field but could reflect the world around him; from the sheep and cows on the family farm, to the wallabies in the outback. His most powerful subject though, is his own depression which has dogged him for more than 50 years. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: La Valse a Mille Temps by Jacques Brel
    Book: Blank, lined book
    Luxury: Marble four-poster bed

28. David Hempleman Adams

    9 augustus 1998 · 35 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the explorer David Hempleman Adams. This year he completed the Adventurer's Grand Slam. It took 18 years. When he reached the North Pole this April he had conquered the four main poles, and climbed the highest peaks in each of the seven continents. He was quite literally on top of the world. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Manha de Carnaval by Stan Getz
    Book: Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach
    Luxury: Saxophone

29. Ralph Steadman

    2 augustus 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the political cartoonist Ralph Steadman. His career was launched in 1961 with a five-pound cheque from the satirical magazine Private Eye. Later he collaborated with Hunter S Thompson and illustrated his Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. More recently he's begun to write and illustrate his own books - on Freud, Leonardo da Vinci and God. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Wish You Were Here by Theo Steadman
    Book: (The New) La Rousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology
    Luxury: Chisels

30. Chris De Burgh

    26 juli 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh. Best known for his ballad Lady in Red, he began his career playing to guests in the crumbling Irish castle which his family ran as a hotel. He chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Kyrie from the Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez
    Book: Moonfleet by J Meade Falkner
    Luxury: Snorkel

31. Howard Brenton

    19 juli 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is the playwright Howard Brenton. In the 1960s he was part of a movement called the New Jacobeans. They took drama out of the drawing room and on to a bigger stage. Often controversial, in Romans in Britain he drew parallels with Northern Ireland and earned the wrath of Mary Whitehouse for what she described as "procuring the cast to commit immoral acts". Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Weichet nur, Betrube Schatten, from the Wedding Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
    Luxury: Champagne

32. Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

    12 juli 1998 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is Home Secretary Jack Straw. Lees meer

    Favourite track: Soave Sia il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Book: The Franco Prussian War - the German Invasion of France 1870-1871 by Michael Howard
    Luxury: Saxophone

33. Sybille Bedford

    5 juli 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the writer Sybille Bedford. Born the daughter of a German baron in 1911, her childhood brought her into contact with the great literary figures of her age - Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf and T S Eliot. She has received critical acclaim as a novelist, journalist and law reporter, covering the Lady Chatterley trial, the Auschwitz trial and the trial of Jack Ruby. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Slow Movement of 'Double' Violin Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Book: A La Recherche de Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
    Luxury: A French restaurant in full working order

34. Jack Rosenthal

    28 juni 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the playwright Jack Rosenthal. Bar Mitzvah Boy, and The Evacuees are among his many successes. His work often reflects his own life. He poured the grief he felt when his children left home into Eskimo Day, and touched a raw nerve with many parents who felt they had been left behind. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor by Max Bruch
    Book: Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce
    Luxury: Clay for making sculpture

35. John Bird

    21 juni 1998 · 35 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Big Issue, John Bird. From a childhood in orphanages and approved schools, he has gone on to run the most successful street magazine in the world, with a circulation of over 250,000 a week in Britain and an overall turnover of some £24 million. With Big Issues in major cities all over Britain, Europe and the USA, he is returning his attention to his birthplace this time with his eye on becoming Mayor of London. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Caravan by Duke Ellington
    Book: Encyclopaedia of London by Ben Weinreb
    Luxury: Mont Blanc pen, notebook and ink

36. Bill Kenwright

    14 juni 1998 · 34 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the theatre producer Bill Kenwright. His West End successes include Shirley Valentine, Medea and Stepping Out. A gambler at heart, he continued to run Blood Brothers on Broadway despite a panning by the New York critics and it became a huge box office hit. An actor himself - most famously as Gordon Glegg in Coronation Street - he started producing in the provinces. There he lured audiences into the theatre by putting TV stars such as Pat Phoenix on stage - although sometimes he had to remind them that she wasn't Elsie Tanner. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Call To Arms (Everton FC and Z Cars Theme Tune) by Blueknowz
    Book: Everton - The Complete Record by Steve Johnson
    Luxury: Guitar"

37. Geoffrey Smith

    7 juni 1998 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the gardener and broadcaster Geoffrey Smith. He learnt his craft at his father's knee growing fruit and vegetables for the stately home where he worked. Later he learnt the science of horticulture at college and achieved top marks. He's always maintained the promise he made to himself as a boy: to spend his life outdoors. Except, of course, when he enters a studio for Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Dawn Chorus
    Book: History of viticulture, with instructions on how to make wine
    Luxury: Bundle of prunings from a good vineyard so he can plant his own vines

38. John Harle

    24 mei 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the most-recorded saxophonist in the world. Inspired by Duke Ellington and encouraged by Jack Brymer, John Harle is equally at home playing jazz or classical music. He once marched with the Coldstream Guards, but left to test himself against other musicians at the Royal College of Music, gaining 100% in his final exam. As a composer he has collaborated with among others, Paul McCartney and Harrison Birtwistle, and his first opera is premiered this week. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Hunting Song by Pentangle
    Book: The Aesthetics of Music by Roger Scruton
    Luxury: Lute and strings

39. Sir David Willcocks

    17 mei 1998 · 39 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is 'England's choir master', Sir David Willcocks. For some 38 years he trained the Bach Choir - the most popular amateur choir in Britain. His retirement in 1998 he describes as ""like the end of an affair"". As the Director of Music at Kings College Cambridge, he tranformed small boys with dirty knees into an angelic choir. His gift is a mix of natural talent and experience. At the age of eight he joined the choir school at Westminster Abbey, where he was conducted by Elgar. Later, he worked closely with Vaughan Williams whose humility and humour he remembers, produced some masterful performances. Lees meer

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Oh Sacred Head by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Book: Book on astronomy
    Luxury: King's College Chapel

40. Antony Gormley

    10 mei 1998 · 35 min

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    "Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the sculptor Antony Gormley. Lees meer

    His Angel of the North towers over the A1 just outside Gateshead. Elsewhere, his figures stand buried in sand at the mouth of an estuary, or hang from the ceiling of an American jailhouse. In 1994 he won the Turner Prize for his works called Field - thousands of small clay creatures, crafted by people from around the world. Another sculpture, Bed, he created from a mattress made from thousands of slices of bread - and then ATE his own body shape over several weeks.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Raga Jaijaiwanti by Hariprasad Chaurasia and Dilshad Khan
    Book: Principle of Hope by Ernst Bloch
    Luxury: Snorkel and mask

41. Susan Blackmore

    3 mei 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week says changing her mind was one of the most difficult things she's ever had to do. After an out-of-body experience, psychologist Susan Blackmore set out to study and prove the existence of the paranormal. Twenty years on, she's a convinced sceptic. Lees meer

    She continues, however, to be fascinated by the question of consciousness. In particular, the new theory of memes which examines how habits and beliefs are passed on from one person to another. At their worst, she says, they're evident in fascism or religious fundamentalism. At their best, they're responsible for our co-operation and kindness.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Not Fade Away by Grateful Dead
    Book: Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
    Luxury: A handful of cannabis seeds

42. Sir Ernest Hall

    26 april 1998 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the businessman Sir Ernest Hall. Lees meer

    His life is like a fairytale. From a sickly boy, living in the one room he and his family shared, he became a successful businessman and millionaire - and all because of an inspirational piece of music. Today on the site of an old carpet factory in Halifax, he's brought together his two loves - business and the arts - to form an environment in which plastic-bag manufacturers and building societies draw inspiration from the painters and sculptors who work alongside. At the age of 68 he has also realised his ambition to be a professional pianist.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Piano Trio in B Major by Franz Schubert
    Book: The collected works by William Blake
    Luxury: Piano

43. Sir Terry Frost

    19 april 1998 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the abstract artist Sir Terry Frost. Lees meer

    He first became interested in art as a prisoner of war, when lack of food and freedom enhanced the beauty of a single leaf. On his return to Britain, nature continued to fascinate him and inform his work; bright circles of colour inspired by the Sun and Moon, or patterns of white-on-white remembered from a snowy landscape. Now 83, he's never been so busy. A good thing, he says, because it keeps the aches and pains away.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Tea For Two by Max Bygraves
    Book: Blank sheets to write his thoughts on imagination and memory
    Luxury: Mirror (for company)

44. Judi Dench

    12 april 1998 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actress Dame Judi Dench. Lees meer

    She's been delighting audiences for some 40 years, on film, television and the stage. It's partly this versatility that makes her so special. Nominated for an Oscar for the film Mrs Brown, in which she played an ageing Queen Victoria, she says the difference between film and the theatre is that on stage she can make an audience believe that she's a tall, willowy blond, when in reality she is five foot nothing.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh
    Book: Ordnance Survey map of the world
    Luxury: The Man with a Glove painting by Titian

45. Gavin Bryars

    5 april 1998 · 35 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the experimental composer Gavin Bryars. One of his best-known works, The Sinking of the Titanic, pays tribute to the band which continued to play as the ship went down. It poses the question what if they hadn't stop playing; how would their music have sounded under water? His most popular composition, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, features a tramp singing the same verse again and again, building up layer upon layer of emotion. Lees meer

    Composing is a craft he learnt as an assistant to John Cage, after hearing his work Four minutes, thirty-three seconds - of silence. Today he is both established and establishment - the ENO are soon to stage his latest opera and if you look closely at the orchestra, you'll spot him on the bass!

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: My Foolish Heart by Bill Evans Trio
    Book: Science and Civilisation in China by Joseph Needham
    Luxury: Gravity chair

46. Alice Thomas Ellis

    29 maart 1998 · 34 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the novelist Alice Thomas Ellis. Lees meer

    A devout and traditional Catholic, she didn't begin writing until she was 42. The Sin Eater, that first novel, was her reaction to the changes in the Catholic Church after Vatican Two and channelled her anger at what she saw as the excesses of the 1960s. She's a woman of apparent contradictions. She wanted to be a nun, but fell in love and became a mother of seven instead. She's deeply religious but believes in ghosts and the supernatural and although her books are often triggered by anger, they are frequently tender and full of humour.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Rorate Caeli Desuper by Monks & Choirboys or Downside Abbey
    Book: Come Hither - An Anthology by Walter de la Mare
    Luxury: A very comfortable sofa

47. Andrew Motion

    22 maart 1998 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the poet Andrew Motion. Lees meer

    He describes his writing as a "biological thing" - like developing a headache or the flu - but much, much more pleasurable. Also a biographer, his first, controversial work was about his friend and fellow poet Philip Larkin. While researching for it, he collected together his own personal writings and burnt them. Dominant in his work is the figure of his mother; injured in an accident which left her severely ill and from which she eventually died. His poems, he says, are his way of bringing her back to life.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 6 in D by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Book: Prelude - Penguin edition by William Wordsworth
    Luxury: Pencils and paper

48. Ian Stewart

    15 maart 1998 · 35 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week believes he has the answer to "life, the universe and everything". According to mathematician Ian Stewart, it's 137-and-a-half degrees. Lees meer

    He calls it "the golden angle", and says it can be found everywhere in nature - whether in the pattern of seeds on a sunflower head or in the spiral of a snail's shell. Mathematics, he says, has nothing to do with arithmetic and everything to do with being able to pack the luggage into the boot of the car. But for a broken collarbone which meant he stayed at home working out puzzles with his mum, he would have remained bottom of the class and never discovered how much fun maths could be.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel
    Book: Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
    Luxury: Mrs Thatcher pickled in a Damien Hurst sculpture

49. Sir Anthony Dowell

    8 maart 1998 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet, Sir Anthony Dowell. His future was determined as a child when he stood before Dame Ninette de Valois with his trousers rolled to the knee. It took only a short glance at his legs for her to accept him into the Royal Ballet School. As he grew and developed as a dancer, his talent was spotted and soon the great choreographers Kenneth Macmillan and Frederick Ashton began creating roles for him. Lees meer

    His outstanding technique and dramatic sense inspired generations of dancers. But now, as Director of the Royal Ballet, he fights to keep dance at the top of the arts agenda in the face of much criticism and controversy.

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Eight English Dances by London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Book: Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
    Luxury: Sketch pad and paints

50. Archie Norman MP

    1 maart 1998 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week has turned around a failing supermarket chain by introducing his staff to 'black-bin Mondays' and 'dress-down Fridays'. As the Executive Director, Archie Norman made ASDA one of the top three grocers on the high street. Lees meer

    In the process, he's answered every one of the 40,000 suggestions from his staff - personally. And he's learnt how to keep his colleagues on their toes - he's removed their chairs from the meeting rooms. Now as a new MP and Vice Chairman of the party, can he do the same for the Conservatives?

    [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

    Favourite track: Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Book: The Complete Angler by Isaac Walton
    Luxury: Jar of Marmite