Alle afleveringen van Desert Island Discs – pagina 27 van 40

Jenny Pitman

1 oktober 1995 · 41 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the racehorse trainer Jenny Pitman. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the empathy she feels for the horses she trains and her relationship with their owners. She won the Grand National in 1983 with Corbiere, and she has twice trained the winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup. In 1995 her charge, Royal Athlete, won the Grand National, crowning her spectacular success as a trainer. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: A Four Legged Friend by Roy Rogers
Book: Veterinary Notes For Horse Owners by M Horace Hayes
Luxury: Television set

Maurice Saatchi

24 september 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the advertising man, Maurice Saatchi. He and his brother Charles created what became the biggest advertising agency in the world. Saatchi & Saatchi masterminded the Conservative victory in 1979 with their slogan 'Labour isn't working'. Lees meer

He'll be telling Sue Lawley about the heady days of the 1980s - a red Ferrari would be delivered unannounced to the best names in the business, with the offer of a job with Saatchi & Saatchi. Then, last year, he fell from grace when a boardroom shake-up meant he had to leave the company he had so lovingly created.

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

Favourite track: Die Dreigroschenoper Surabaya Johnny by Kurt Weill
Book: Hamlet (1897 edition) by William Shakespeare
Luxury: Virtual-reality headset

Max Nicholson

17 september 1995 · 41 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a man who spans our century. Aged 91, Max Nicholson has enjoyed careers in conservation, politics, journalism and the Civil Service. Lees meer

But his great passion remains ornithology. As a tiny boy, his parents took him one rainy afternoon to see the stuffed birds in the Natural History Museum, and there his great obsession was born. He was a conservationist before anyone understood the idea of ecology. He's played major parts in the founding of the Nature Conservancy Council, the World Wildlife Fund and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 6 In F Major Op 68 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
Luxury: Binoculars

John Updike

10 september 1995 · 37 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the celebrated American writer John Updike. His novels include Rabbit Run (and three Rabbit follow-ups), Couples and The Witches of Eastwick. Lees meer

He is both poet and historian, famous for charting the changes in post-war American society such as increasing marital breakdown and changing attitudes to death. He started his writing career by selling stories to the New Yorker magazine - something his mother had tried for years but had never succeeded. And he'll be telling Sue Lawley about how he overcame a bad stutter, how he has learnt to control his psoriasis and how now, aged 63, he finally feels normal; part of the gang he never was as a teenager.

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

Favourite track: Sing, Sing, Sing by The Benny Goodman Orchestra
Book: Complete Works by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Silken tent (for luxury, not survival)

Wendy Richard

9 juli 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Wendy Richard, one of the best-known faces on British television. Lees meer

She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about a career which started with the Arthur Haines show in the 60s, and took her through a whole series of long-running television programmes - The Newcomers, Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace and Favour. However, it was 10 years ago that she took the part which was to bring her her greatest popularity - Pauline Fowler in EastEnders.

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

Favourite track: Land Of Hope And Glory by Edward Elgar/Benson
Book: Wilt by Tom Sharpe
Luxury: Tapestry to make

Duke Of Westminster

2 juli 1995 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the sixth Duke of Westminster. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the responsibilities and pleasures of being one of the country's richest men. Having enjoyed an idyllic childhood on the banks of Loch Ern in County Fermanagh, it was a rude shock to be transplanted to an English prep school at the age of seven. The comparatively early death of his father then meant that by the time he was just 19 he was managing one of Britain's greatest estates, and by 27 he owned it. He'll be discussing the pleasures and the perils of his position, why he is no longer a member of the Conservative Party and his hopes and dreams for his four-year-old son and heir, Hugh. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Albatross by Fleetwood Mac
Book: Through Russian Snows by G A Henty
Luxury: Telescope

Jasper Conran

25 juni 1995 · 35 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is clothes designer Jasper Conran. Son of Sir Terence Conran and Shirley Conran, he has art, design and business in his blood and was always determined to make his own way in the world of fashion without parental influence. He has said, "in a family like mine, if you're not successful, you drown". Lees meer

He'll be telling Sue Lawley about his difficult childhood of nannies and his public school where he was bullied for being overweight, all of which he overcame to win a scholarship to the prestigious Parsons School of Art in New York. After that, his career took off and, at the age of 27, he was named Designer of the Year. By the late 1980s he was almost bankrupt and had to re-invent his business to a 1990s-type smaller and more manageable outfit.

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

Favourite track: Tosca Vissi D' Arte by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Tales by Hoffman
Luxury: Vintage Krug Champagne (endless supply)

Sir Magdi Yacoub

18 juni 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the great pioneers of heart transplant surgery - Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his dedication to his patients, whether heart transplants are now routinely successful and about some of the earlier controversies which his experimental surgery has attracted. He will also be describing his early ambitions to be a doctor, which were discouraged by his father, and how important music is to him. He often has it playing in the operating theatre.

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

Favourite track: Fantasia For Piano In D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Pluto's Republic by Sir Peter Meddower
Luxury: Hammock

John Lee Hooker

11 juni 1995 · 32 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the oldest and deepest voices in rock music - the legendary bluesman John Lee Hooker. The son of a preacher man, he was brought up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and his first guitar was made from an old inner tube tied to the barn door. By the age of 14, he had his own guitar and ran away to Memphis with two dollars in his pocket for a life touring small blues clubs. Lees meer

With hits like Boom Boom, Dimples and Boogie Chillun, he has been one of the major influences on rock stars like Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones.

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

Favourite track: Goin Down Slow by B.B. King & Bobby Bland
Book: A book with pictures (of pretty women)
Luxury: His guitar

Brian Blessed

4 juni 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actor Brian Blessed. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about Z Cars - the series which first brought him to public prominence in the 1960s, about his friendship with the actress Katherine Hepburn and his obsession with climbing mountains - mountains like Everest and Kilimanjaro - when he isn't acting.

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

Favourite track: Rite of Spring The Adoration Of Earth by Igor Stravinsky
Book: In Search of the Miraculous by Peter Ouspensky
Luxury: Scarf given to him by the Dalai Lama

Marianne Faithfull

28 mei 1995 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Marianne Faithfull. Singer and actress, she was the original 1960s wild child. Lees meer

At the age of 17, when she was still a convent schoolgirl in Reading, she shot to fame with the hit single As Tears Go By; written for her by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. She was Mick Jagger's mistress, she hung out with Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, she was young, beautiful and rich and she seemed to have it all. But the glamorous life of the pop star turned into a nightmare of drugs, homelessness, suicide attempts and broken marriages.

The daughter of an Austrian baroness, her life has been full of myths and legends. She'll be telling Sue Lawley about the years of recovery, how she's found happiness in Ireland and her hopes for a Man Friday on her desert island.

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

Favourite track: Small Axe by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Luxury: Pen from Aspreys with attached magnifying glass

Sir Bernard Ingham

21 mei 1995 · 37 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Bernard Ingham. For 11 years, one month and five days, almost from when she came to power to the day she left office, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Mrs Thatcher. A former card-carrying member of the Labour Party, he became her Chief Press Secretary, adviser and supporter. Lees meer

He was accused by the media of crossing the line between civil service impartiality and political support on that fateful day in Paris in November 1990, just 36 hours before she lost the leadership election. He'll be telling Sue Lawley about his childhood in Yorkshire, his training as a journalist on the Hebden Bridge Times, his transition to Press Secretary for Tony Benn, Maurice MacMillan and Barbara Castle. In 1979, no-one was more astonished than he when he was headhunted to become one of Mrs Thatcher's closest advisers, and finally one of the most influential members of her team.

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

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in B Minor - Andante by Edward Elgar
Book: Times Atlas of the World
Luxury: Colin Cowdrey's bowling machine

Neil Simon

14 mei 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of America's most successful playwrights. Since he opened Come Blow Your Horn on Broadway in 1961, Neil Simon has written at least a play a year, and they include Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Lost in Yonkers, as well as the hit musicals Sweet Charity and They're Playing Our Song. Lees meer

He'll be telling Sue Lawley about his childhood in the Bronx, his days in the army, and how as one of New York's most famous literary sons, he now spends most of his time in Los Angeles.

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

Favourite track: A Foggy Day by Fred Astaire
Book: How To Swim
Luxury: Large harmonica

Dr George Carey

7 mei 1995 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey. The son of a hospital porter, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his childhood in London during the war, his interrupted schooling which meant he left school at 15 with no qualifications and how when he decided he wanted to enter the church, he went on to acquire a clutch of 'O' and 'A' Levels in the space of a year. Lees meer

Never one to shirk a challenge, he'll also be describing his feelings when he was invited to become Archbishop of Canterbury and discussing some of the issues which face the church today.

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

Favourite track: O Praise Ye The Lord (Laudate Dominum) by Hubert Parry
Book: Four Quartets by T S Eliot
Luxury: Computer and an empty bottle

Pete Waterman

30 april 1995 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week has a classic rags-to-riches story to relate. Born into a poor family in Coventry, record producer Pete Waterman is nowadays estimated to be worth at least 60 million pounds, and is the proud possessor of 10 Ferraris, 15 Jaguars and several houses and railway engines. Lees meer

He'll be telling Sue Lawley how, with no formal education - and still unable to do joined-up writing - he and his company wrote and produced enough hit records in the mid-1980s to have one in the Top Forty every week for four years.

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

Favourite track: Tannhauser Overture by Richard Wagner
Book: R.C.T.S. History of Great Western Railway Engines
Luxury: Havana cigars and matches

George Lloyd

23 april 1995 · 38 min

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The castaway choosing his eight desert island discs this week will also be relating a story of early triumph, 25 years of obscurity and a revival of fortunes at the age of 81 which has made him one of the country's most successful classical composers. He is George Lloyd, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the shell-shock and bad luck which put paid to his early promise - his years growing carnations and mushrooms - and then, thanks to the late John Ogdon's intervention, his re-emergence to a rapturous reception by both the public and the musical establishment. Lees meer

He'll also be describing the unexpected places where his music has been enjoying an airing - could it really be true that his symphonies are now to be heard in discos and pubs?

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

Favourite track: Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Piers Plowman (In Middle English) by William Langland
Luxury: Romney's portrait of Lady Hamilton

Hugh Grant

16 april 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actor Hugh Grant. Lees meer

The star of the enormously successful Four Weddings and a Funeral, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his life before he was propelled into international celebrity status. Now firmly established as a cinematic symbol of a certain type of Englishman, he had his first big break in the Merchant Ivory film Maurice, after stints in repertory at Nottingham, writing commercials and filming what he calls Europuddings in Spain, where he met his girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.

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

Favourite track: Something Stupid by Frank & Nancy Sinatra
Book: King Ottokar's Sceptre (The Adventures of Tin Tin) by Herge
Luxury: Supply of handkerchiefs

James Bowman

9 april 1995 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the country's most distinguished counter-tenor James Bowman. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he uses his voice as an instrument, producing the unusually high falsetto sound which characterises counter-tenor parts. He'll also be describing his association with Benjamin Britten, who offered him his first part - as Oberon in Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream. Britten went on to write parts for him in Death in Venice and The Journey of the Magi, all of which have contributed to his highly successful career. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73 by Johannes Brahms
Book: Rebecca by Dame Daphne Du Maurier
Luxury: Fabergé egg

Nina Bawden

2 april 1995 · 41 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist Nina Bawden. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the autobiographical aspects of both her adult books - such as Afternoon of a Good Woman and Circles of Deceit - and her children's books like Carrie's War and The Peppermint Pig. All contain tales with twists and turns from her own experience - evacuation during the war, her years as a magistrate and the tragic death of her schizophrenic son. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her life and books. Lees meer

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

Record: Symphony No 9 In D Minor Final Movement
Book: The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Plain paper, plastic folders and ballpoint pens

Felix Aprahamian

19 maart 1995 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the music writer and critic Felix Aprahamian. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how, as a music critic on the Sunday Times for over 40 years, he has lived at the epicentre of 20th-century musical life - meeting such luminaries as Poulenc, Messiaen, Delius and the French organist and composer, Charles-Marie Widor. He'll also be discussing his views on the contemporary music scene, and describing his house in North London where, now aged 80, he lives surrounded by musical artefacts, literature and scores that have accumulated over his long career. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Christ Der Ein'ge Gottes Sohn by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Du Cote De Chez Swann by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Swiss army knife

Nigel Nicolson

12 maart 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer and publisher Nigel Nicolson. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his parents Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and their unconventional marriage which was based on deep mutual love but also allowed both of them to enjoy homosexual affairs. His book Portrait of a Marriage - famously televised by the BBC - tells their story. He'll also be describing his isolated upbringing at Sissinghurst Castle, his relationship with his mother and how he co-founded the publishing house Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Bolero by Maurice Ravel
Book: A Guide To The Universe (Astronomy)
Luxury: Telescope

Professor Eric Hobsbawm

5 maart 1995 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the historian Professor Eric Hobsbawm. A life-long Communist and author of a series of books on the history of the 19th century which is regarded by many as a seminal work of scholarship, he has now turned his attention to the 20th century. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his views on the major historical events of the century, its future and his part in it. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Slow Grind by The Kenny Barron Trio
Book: Canto General by Pablo Neruda
Luxury: Binoculars

Christopher Lee

26 februari 1995 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is British cinema's king of horror - Christopher Lee. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his disappointment at not being able to follow what he considers his true vocation, that of an opera singer, and about his 50-year career which has encompassed 230 films, 27 plays and numerous radio and television appearances. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel
Book: The Sword In The Stone by T H White
Luxury: A set of golf clubs

Jimmy Knapp

19 februari 1995 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his Scottish childhood, his poor, working-class background and his rise from signalman to one of the most powerful and controversial trade union leaders in the country. He'll also be discussing his views on public ownership, the future of Clause 4 and such personal matters as his Scottishnesss, love of Spain and his much-maligned dress sense. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Yesterday by The Beatles
Book: The Socialist Sixth of the World by Hewlett Johnson
Luxury: Case of 'Talisker' whisky

Sir Adrian Cadbury

29 januari 1995 · 39 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Adrian Cadbury, for nearly 20 years chairman of the famous chocolate factory that bears his family name. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his Quaker background and his experiences of rowing for Britain in the 1952 Olympics, as well as discussing his views on the standards and values which dominate British business life today.

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

Favourite track: Symphony no 1 No 1 in C Major, Opus 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Dr. Johnson's Lexicographic Works by Dr Samuel Johnson
Luxury: Fibreglass sculling boat

Dr Richard Dawkins

22 januari 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the biologist Dr Richard Dawkins. Author of popular science books such as The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his scientific beliefs which are firmly rooted in the conviction that Darwin's theory of evolution provides the starting point for all we need to know about our world. He'll be discussing the implications of his theories, as well as choosing eight records for his island exile. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: String Quintet In C Major 163 by Franz Schubert
Book: The Jeeves Omnibus by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Computer (solar-powered)

Phil Redmond

15 januari 1995 · 35 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the creator, writer and producer of two of British television's most enduring and influential series - Grange Hill and Brookside. Lees meer

Phil Redmond will be talking to Sue Lawley about his Liverpool roots and his rise from a poor working-class background to become one of the country's highest-paid television executives. He'll also be discussing how the programmes he produces continue to attract controversy, criticism and audiences and what he thinks of the future for radio and television.

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

Favourite track: Theme From Brookside by Steve Wright & Mike Timoney
Book: (Instead of Shakespeare) Collected works by Charles Dickens
Alternative to Bible: None - Bible not taken
Luxury: Magnifying glass

Patricia Hodge

8 januari 1995 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Patricia Hodge. Currently in her prime as Miss Jean Brodie in the West End, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how John Mortimer selected her for her first prominent role as barrister Phyllida Trent in Rumpole of the Bailey. She went on to portray several aloof, beautiful women, but denies that she is by nature remote. She'll also be reminiscing about her childhood in Grimsby, where her parents ran a large three-star hotel, making her upbringing a little different from that of her contemporaries. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Candide Make Our Garden Grow by David Eisler & Erie Mills
Book: Compendium of Plays by Harold Pinter
Luxury: A supply of embroidery

Alan Clark

1 januari 1995 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the politician, historian and diarist Alan Clark. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the impact his alarmingly frank diaries - published in 1993 - made on his colleagues, friends and enemies. Also, on the island he'll be ruminating on love, pain, parents, political ambition and the many attractions of his island exile. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Saul The Dead March by George Frideric Handel
Book: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Luxury: Piano

David Jason OBE

25 december 1994 · 34 min

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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is one of Britain's best-loved actors, David Jason. He will be talking to Sue Lawley about the rocky route from his first job as an electrician, through Bromley Rep, summer seasons and pantos, to the moment he was spotted for a television show called Do Not Adjust Your Set. Some success followed this, but it was when the BBC offered him the part of Delboy in Only Fools and Horses, to be followed 10 years later by the avuncular Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, that the nation took him to their hearts. He went on to win a BAFTA for his role in Porterhouse Blue, and, more recently, acclaim for his portrait of Inspector Frost. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Help! by The Beatles
Book: The Complete Boatbuilder's Book
Luxury: A complete carpenter's toolbox

Penelope Hobhouse

18 december 1994 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the country's famous experts on gardens and garden design, Penelope Hobhouse. She will be talking to Sue Lawley about her childhood in Ulster, where she was brought up steeped in the politics of the province. From there, she went to Cambridge, married, and settled down to look after the garden of the beautiful house in Somerset which marriage had brought with it. Twenty-five years later, she wrote her first book which was about that garden and since then she has been in constant demand as a lecturer and author. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro - Dove Sono, Act 3 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Golden Bowl by Henry James
Luxury: Laptop computer

Margaret Forster

4 december 1994 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Margaret Forster. Her second novel - Georgy Girl - was published in the 1960s and made into a popular film; another 20 books - both fiction and non-fiction - followed and her recent biography of Daphne du Maurier attracted much critical acclaim. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her early life in Carlisle, the stresses of working motherhood and the problems of having her husband, Hunter Davies, formerly confined to a newspaper office, now working at home. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: In The Bleak Midwinter by Gustav Holst/Rossetti
Book: A House For Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul
Luxury: Unlimited supply of A4 white paper & cartridges for fountain pen

Sir Howard Hodgkin

27 november 1994 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the painter Sir Howard Hodgkin. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the hard road to recognition in this country - which he describes as being 'enemy territory' for painters. At 62, he has now achieved fame, fortune and to him a somewhat irksome knighthood. He'll be describing his problematic schoolboy years, his total commitment to art and what he considers to be the impact of his own work. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Youkali by Teresa Stratas
Book: Journal De Eugene Delacroix by Eugene Delacroix
Luxury: Mayonnaise - permanent supply

Glenys Kinnock

20 november 1994 · 35 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Glenys Kinnock. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her upbringing in Wales, her role during the years of Neil Kinnock's leadership of the Labour Party and her own reincarnation as a politician on the European stage as an MEP. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Was A Sunny Day by Paul Simon
Book: Atlas of the Third World
Luxury: Toilet bag full of skin-barrier creams

Berthold Goldschmidt

13 november 1994 · 39 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the composer and conductor Berthold Goldschmidt. Born in Hamburg 91 years ago, he enjoyed a brilliant early career working with many famous musicians in Germany and Russia. But he'll be telling Sue Lawley how, as a Jew, he was forced to flee the Nazis and take refuge in Britain. Sadly, the musical establishment of his adopted homeland found his music old-fashioned and neglected him until the 1980s, when his music started to be rediscovered and widely appreciated. Lees meer

Now experiencing a highly-successful revival all over Europe and America, as well as having his work recorded and performed at the Proms, he is greatly enjoying his new-found recognition.

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

Favourite track: Goldberg Varations BWV 988 - No 26 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann
Luxury: Vanity case including metal mirror and shaving kit

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

6 november 1994 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his childhood and his first realisations that black children were treated very differently from their white counterparts, as well as his initial work as a teacher, which he gave up when he realised he was expected merely to train his black pupils for a life of service. He'll also be talking about the new freedom and responsibilities of South Africa following the election of Nelson Mandela earlier this year, and describing his optimism for its success. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: We Are The World by U.S.A. For Africa
Book: Parting The Waters by Branch Taylor
Luxury: Ice-cream maker (especially for rum and raisin flavour)

Kathleen Hale

30 oktober 1994 · 38 min

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The castaway this week in Desert Island Discs is the writer and illustrator Kathleen Hale. Mainly renowned for that hero of children's literature - Orlando, the Marmalade Cat - and now 96 years old, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the excitement and glamour of her bohemian girlhood after the First World War. As secretary to the painter Augustus John, she lived a turbulent but fascinating life at the heart of artistic London. Lees meer

Marriage and motherhood introduced stability into her life, but boredom with the children's books then on offer led her to create Orlando - the cat who went on to star in 18 beautifully-illustrated and charmingly-written books - considered by many to be the epitome of good children's literature.

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

Favourite track: La Sardana De Les Monges by La Principal De Perelada
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: A gilabra (cloak of gold)

Lynda La Plante

23 oktober 1994 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Lynda La Plante - the creator of much-admired television series like Prime Suspect, Widows and Civvies. Lees meer

Also the author of five novels, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how she made the transition from acting in repertory for six years, as well as Brian Rix's Whitehall farces, to becoming one of television's most prolific and successful writers.

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

Favourite track: Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Fairy Stories by Honore de Balzac
Luxury: Mouth organ

Sir George Christie

16 oktober 1994 · 34 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Chairman of Glyndebourne, Sir George Christie. As Master of one of Europe's most distinguished opera houses, famous as a mainstay of the English social scene, as well as a centre of creativity and innovation, he has recently overseen its complete rebuilding. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the place in which he has spent his whole life and how he faces the prospect of retirement. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Idomeneo: Zeffiretti Lushinghieri by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Luxury: Radio 4's The Archers - all the recordings from the beginning

Jeanette Winterson

9 oktober 1994 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Jeanette Winterson. Her first book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was based on her Lancashire childhood where she grew up as the adopted daughter of evangelical parents. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her upbringing - in which her parents saw her as a child they could dedicate to God, about how she left home at 15 after falling in love with another woman and about how she finally managed to get herself into Oxford. Lees meer

Her first book won the Whitbread Prize and has been followed by more books and more prizes, all of which have attracted criticism and acclaim in equal measures.

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

Favourite track: Di, Cor Mio from Act 1 of Alcina by George Frideric Handel
Book: Four Quartets by T S Eliot
Luxury: A case of Krug champagne

Professor James Fenton

2 oktober 1994 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the poet and writer James Fenton. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his early life as a boy chorister, the death of his mother when he was just 10 and about his experiences as a foreign correspondent. It was in this capacity that he travelled with the Viet Cong when they captured Saigon, and fled from the Khmer Rouge when they entered Phnom Penh. Lees meer

He has also worked as a political and literary journalist and as a theatre critic. He'll be ruminating on the joys of his present incarnation as Professor of Poetry at Oxford University.

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

Favourite track: Requiem Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Luxury: Snorkel, mask and harpoon

Mary Stott

25 september 1994 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a journalist and feminist. Mary Stott became Women's Editor of the Guardian newspaper in 1957 and under her editorship, the women's pages were transformed. Her commissioning of many distinguished writers as well as her encouragement to her readers themselves to write first-hand accounts of their experiences led to the foundation of many important women's organisations. Now 87, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her enduring support of feminist issues, her memories of the suffragette movement and her love of singing. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: St John's Passion Rest Calm, Oh Body Pure And Holy by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler
Luxury: Watercolours for painting

John Tavener

18 september 1994 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the composer John Tavener. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the varied inspirations for his music and about how he regards the work of composition as an act of prayer. His music has won the admiration of both serious musicians and the general public - last year his work for cello and strings, The Protecting Veil, held the number one place in the classical charts for several months. Now nearly 50, his was a precocious talent - one of his earliest works was recorded successfully when he was only 24, thanks to the support of the Beatles. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Akathist of Thanksgiving by John Tavener
Book: Apophthegmata Patrum (early writing of Egyptian fathers)
Luxury: Upright piano

Joanna Trollope

11 september 1994 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist Joanna Trollope. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how she made the move from writing historical romances to contemporary novels like The Rector's Wife, A Village Affair and A Spanish Lover, which have turned her into one of the country's most successful writers. She'll also be describing how she dislikes her books being described as 'aga-sagas' and discussing how much the events of her characters' lives mirror her own experiences. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Mass In C Minor - Laudamus Te by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse by Helen Gardiner
Luxury: A bed and white Egyptian sheets

Rabbi Hugo Gryn

10 juli 1994 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Rabbi Hugo Gryn. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how his happy and secure childhood in Czechoslovakia was devastated by Nazism and how he survived two years in concentration camps. He'll also be discussing how his commitment to bettering relations between people of differing faiths is rooted in his experience of persecution during the Second World War. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Kol Haoalm Kulo Gesher Tzar M' Od by Israel Zohar
Book: Biography of Churchill by Martin Gilbert
Luxury: A parking space

Derek Jameson

3 juli 1994 · 36 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the journalist and broadcaster Derek Jameson. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his early poverty-stricken years in an East End foster home and his discovery, at the age of eight, that one of the girls in the home he had thought of as his older sister was, in fact, his mother. He'll also be describing how an aptitude for reading and writing, the encouragement of a concerned teacher and his own determination led him into journalism, where he started his career as an outdoor messenger at Reuters. From there, he went on to edit three Fleet Street newspapers and more recently, to become a popular radio personality. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Tosca Aria - E Lucevan Le Stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Book: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Luxury: Word processor

John Drummond

26 juni 1994 · 39 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Director of the Promenade Concerts John Drummond. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his years at the BBC, starting as a general trainee, leaving it to become Director of the Edinburgh Festival and returning as Controller of Music and then Controller of Radio Three. He'll be discussing his passionate attachment to fine music and musicianship and his conviction that such music should not just be heard, but must be properly listened to. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento from Cosi fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Encyclopaedia of the libretti of all the well-known operas
Luxury: Small theatre

Brian Sewell

19 juni 1994 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the controversial art critic Brian Sewell. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he did not go to school until he was 11, hated it when he got there, but managed, much against the wishes of the school, to teach himself history of art. He'll also be describing how he felt when his friend and mentor, Sir Anthony Blunt, the Keeper of the Queen's Pictures, was denounced as a spy in 1979. Sewell was thrust into the public eye as Blunt's protector. He's been there ever since - attacking what he regards as the excesses of contemporary art, and attracting much criticism himself as a result of his attitudes. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Fidelio Aria - 'Komm Hoffnung' by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Songs from the 1880s with piano accompaniment by Franz Schubert
Luxury: Pieta sculpture by Michelangelo

Zoe Wanamaker

12 juni 1994 · 34 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Zoe Wanamaker. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the roles she has taken on in theatre and television - in Love Hurts, Prime Suspect and, more recently, in the West End hit Dead Funny. She'll also be describing how she has tried to cope with the death of her father - the distinguished actor Sam Wanamaker - at the end of last year. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Requiem Offertorio by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Greek Myths by Robert Graves
Luxury: Samson tobacco and liquorice Rizla papers

Milton Shulman

5 juni 1994 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Milton Shulman. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he came to Britain from Toronto as an Intelligence Officer during the Second World War, after which he wrote a book called Defeat in the West, which was based on interviews he conducted with defeated German officers. It was this book which brought him to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, leading to his promotion from humble diarist on the London Evening Standard to its film critic. He then went on to become the paper's chief theatre critic - a job he did for 38 years, during which time he reckons to have been to 5,500 first nights, but, to his mind, no great plays. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Capriccio Italien by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: The Cookery Book by Constance Spry
Luxury: Tennis racket and ball machine