Alle afleveringen van Desert Island Discs – pagina 29 van 40

Ken Livingstone MP

7 maart 1993 · 37 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Ken Livingstone. Lees meer

Favourite track: Joe Hill by Paul Robeson
Book: The Myths of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Luxury: The BBC World Service

Elijah Moshinsky

28 februari 1993 · 36 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is director Elijah Moshinsky. Lees meer

Favourite track: Requiem: Agnes Dei by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Michael Frayn translation of Complete Plays by Anton Chekhov
Luxury: A duvet

Sir Robin Butler

21 februari 1993 · 37 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is civil servant Sir Robin Butler. Lees meer

Favourite track: Messiah I Know That My Redeemer Liveth by George Frideric Handel
Book: Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
Luxury: A bag of golf clubs and golf balls

Anthony Storr

31 januari 1993 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is psychiatrist Anthony Storr. Lees meer

Favourite track: String Quintet No 3 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Piano

Evelyn Glennie

24 januari 1993 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the musician Evelyn Glennie. Profoundly deaf since the age of 12, her extraordinary talent as a virtuoso percussionist has taken her all over the world, giving performances on hundreds of instruments, from the tambourine and the tubular bells to the marimba and the drums. Lees meer

She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her determination to become a musician against much discouragement and how she has come to perceive her deafness as an irrelevance.

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

Favourite track: Concerto No2 For Piano In C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
Luxury: Chocolate

Dervla Murphy

17 januari 1993 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is cyclist and writer Dervla Murphy. Lees meer

Favourite track: Triple Concerto in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Diary by Samuel Pepys
Luxury: A still (to distill berries, etc. into drink)

Barbara Mills QC

10 januari 1993 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is QC Barbara Mills. Lees meer

Favourite track: Un Ballo In Maschera: E Scherzo Od E Follia by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: History of the Crusades by Stephen Runciman
Luxury: Tennis court, balls, racket and wall

Elizabeth Jennings

3 januari 1993 · 37 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is poet Elizabeth Jennings. Lees meer

Favourite track: Horn Concerto No 4 In E Flat Major K 495 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The New Oxford Book of American Verse by Richard Elman
Luxury: Pad, felt pens and biros

Stephen Hawking

25 december 1992 · 42 min

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The castaway this week in a special extended edition of the programme is Stephen Hawking, author of the best-selling A Brief History of Time and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He will be talking to Sue Lawley about his life and work, and the illness which has left him severely disabled for 25 years, as well as selecting the eight records he would choose to take to the mythical island. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot
Luxury: Crème brûlée

Paul Smith

20 december 1992 · 35 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is designer Paul Smith. Lees meer

Favourite track: Queen of the Slipstream by Van Morrison
Book: Beano Annual 1974
Luxury: Notebook and pencil

Professor Ghillean Prance

13 december 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is botanist Professor Ghillean Prance. Lees meer

Favourite track: Amazing Grace by The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
Luxury: Accordian

Carmen Callil

6 december 1992 · 36 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is publisher and writer Carmen Callil. Lees meer

Favourite track: Adagio In E Flat by Franz Schubert
Book: Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson
Luxury: Film - The Commitments

Lord Tebbit

29 november 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Lord Tebbit. Lees meer

Favourite track: Chorus Of Hebrew Slaves by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Drinking fountain with two taps - Sancerre and Claret

John Eliot Gardiner

22 november 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Lees meer

Favourite track: Peter's Denial (St. Matthew Passion) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Memoirs by Hector Berlioz
Luxury: Sancerre

Christabel Bielenberg

8 november 1992 · 37 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Christabel Bielenberg. Lees meer

Favourite track: Deep River by Paul Robeson
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: A comfortable chair

General H Norman Schwarzkopf

1 november 1992 · 37 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is the Gulf War General H Norman Schwarzkopf. Lees meer

Favourite track: Battle Hymn Of The Republic by Howe-Steffe
Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Luxury: His dog, Bear

Gavin Laird

25 oktober 1992 · 36 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is trade unionist Gavin Laird. Lees meer

Favourite track: Symphony No 3 in C Minor (Organ Symphony) by Camille Saint-Saëns
Book: Diary by Samuel Pepys
Luxury: Year's recording of the Today programme

Julie Andrews

18 oktober 1992 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Julie Andrews, the star of such film favourites as Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Julie Andrews discovered she had an unusual talent for singing quite early and first appeared on stage alongside her step-father and her mother in their act, touring the Variety theatres of Great Britain in the 1940s and early 1950s. She had an enormous hit in a show at the London Hippodrome Theatre when she was just a teenager, and then appeared regularly on Educating Archie, one of radio's biggest programmes in the 1950s. Lees meer

But it was appearing on Broadway that led her to being cast in the stage version of My Fair Lady, with Rex Harrison that really began to establish her as an international star, and then her first movie role, as Mary Poppins, which won her an Oscar that brought her to the attention of millions worldwide.

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

Favourite track: Piano Concerto in G by Maurice Ravel
Book: The Once and Future King by T H White
Luxury: Piano

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

11 oktober 1992 · 36 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman and politician Lord Sainsbury. Lees meer

Favourite track: String Quintet In C Second Movement by Franz Schubert
Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Bed

Juliet Stevenson

4 oktober 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Juliet Stevenson. Lees meer

Favourite track: Sonata No 3 in G Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Complete Works by W B Yeats
Luxury: Masaccio Frescos in the Brancacci Chapel

Chad Varah

27 september 1992 · 39 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is founder of the Samaritans Chad Varah. Lees meer

Favourite track: Aria: Dulcis Amor by George Frideric Handel
Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Own bathroom run by solar power with hot and cold water and a video player attached

Raymond Blanc

20 september 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is chef Raymond Blanc. Lees meer

Favourite track: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G Minor by Johannes Brahms
Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Luxury: A good luck stone (from his wife)

Penelope Leach

13 september 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is psychologist Penelope Leach. Lees meer

Favourite track: Prelude No 6 In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Complete Works by Sigmund Freud
Luxury: Coffee

Bob Geldof

6 september 1992 · 36 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is musician Bob Geldof. Lees meer

Favourite track: In The Garden by Van Morrison
Book: Diary by Samuel Pepys
Luxury: The Metropolitan Museum of New York

Rt Hon David Mellor MP

26 juli 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is politician David Mellor. Lees meer

Favourite track: Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod by Richard Wagner
Book: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Luxury: Telephone (disconnected)

Sir Peregrine Worsthorne

19 juli 1992 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is newspaper columnist Sir Peregrine Worsthorne. Outspoken and flamboyant, he believes that the columnists' brief is to supply opinions for those who haven't the time to think. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his life and work and remembering how his use of a four-letter word on primetime television blighted his career for several years. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Partita No 1 in B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Luxury: Hallucinogenic drugs

Mohamed Amin

12 juli 1992 · 36 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is photo-journalist Mohamed Amin. Lees meer

Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra
Book: Life of John F Kennedy
Luxury: Satellite dish and television set

Clare Short MP

5 juli 1992 · 36 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Clare Short. Lees meer

Favourite track: Nun Sag Ich Dir Zum Ersten Mal by Arnold Schoenberg
Book: Geometry Tutor
Luxury: Piano

Vivienne Westwood

28 juni 1992 · 39 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Avant-garde, surprising and often shocking, Vivienne first drew media attention when, in the late 1970s, she founded the punk movement with Malcolm McLaren. These days, though hardly orthodox, she has become more mainstream - in 1990 and 1991 she was named Designer of the Year, and she has just been awarded an OBE in the most recent Honours list. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her impressive career and revealing that, though fashion has been her life, her first love has always been books. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Sleeping Beauty Panorama, Act 2 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Multi-lingual dictionary

Terry Waite

21 juni 1992 · 39 min

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In 1987, as an Ambassador of the Anglican Church trying to engineer the freedom of men held in Lebanon, Terry Waite was taken hostage himself. Nearly five years later, courageous and resilient, he emerged from a captivity of appalling deprivation and isolation. This week on Desert Island Discs he will be talking to Sue Lawley about those years and recalling the three vows he took - no regrets, no self-pity, no sentimentality - which he believes saved his sanity. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Sleep by Benjamin Luxon
Book: Complete Cambridge Histories
Luxury: Chess computer

Robert Lindsay

14 juni 1992 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is actor Robert Lindsay. Born in Derbyshire 42 years ago, he's recognised today as one of Britain's most versatile performers. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his schooldays at a secondary modern and the art master who introduced him and the rest of the school to drama. He'll also be recalling the days when he couldn't walk down the street without being mobbed, so famous was he for his role as Wolfie in the BBC's television sitcom Citizen Smith. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss
Book: Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Luxury: Computer chess set

Duncan Goodhew

7 juni 1992 · 35 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the swimmer Duncan Goodhew. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his early life, which was dogged by misadventure - a fall from an apple tree left him permanently and completely bald; and in his early teens, he was discovered to be dyslexic. Nevertheless, these setbacks merely strengthened his resolve to succeed at swimming, and to go on and win a gold medal for the 100 metres breast-stroke at the Moscow Games. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Wig

Prunella Scales

31 mei 1992 · 38 min

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Sue Lawley's castaway is one of the country's favourite actresses Prunella Scales. She's most easily recognised as Sybil Fawlty, wife of John Cleese, the manic hotelkeeper in the television series Fawlty Towers, but it's a role which represents a very small part of all she's done. Since her debut in Bristol 40 years ago, she has never been out of work, and recently she's scaled new heights with her portrayal of the Queen in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the problems associated with playing such a well-known and much-loved figure, and also about the rest of her long and successful career. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Ruht Wohl Ihr Heiligen Gebeine by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Complete works in German by William Shakespeare and The Bible in Russian and a Russian dictionary
Luxury: A huge tapestry kit

Lord Chief Justice Taylor

24 mei 1992 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the country's most senior serving judge Lord Taylor of Gosforth. Recently appointed the Lord Chief Justice of England, he'll be discussing the public's perception of the English legal system, following the recent series of miscarriages of justice; and also, his plans to open up areas of the law and to rid the system of some of its more antiquated trappings, such as wigs and robes. He'll also be talking to Sue Lawley about how, as an accomplished musician, he might well have become a professional pianist rather than the Lord Chief Justice. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 41 in C K 551 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Piano

Michael Grade

17 mei 1992 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is television executive Michael Grade. As a member of the famous Grade dynasty, he grew up in the showbiz atmosphere of London's West End. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about being brought up by his formidable grandmother after his mother left him when he was very young; and about his career, which has taken him from Daily Mirror sports journalist to Hollywood producer, to the Controller of BBC1 and to his present position as the Chief Executive of Channel 4. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Beim Schlafengehen Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Sports results

Will Carling

10 mei 1992 · 34 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is rugby player Will Carling. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how, as a six year old, he dreamed of captaining England, and then, having achieved his ambition at the startlingly early age of 22, he went on to take his team to the final of the World Cup and to win the Grand Slam for the last two years running. 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: The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Flotation tank

Henrietta, Marchioness Of Tavistock

3 mei 1992 · 37 min

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This week's castaway in Desert Island Discs is Henrietta, Marchioness of Tavistock. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about, amongst other things, her idyllic childhood, her passion for breeding horses and explaining why she initially refused to live with her husband in his family's ancestral home, Woburn Abbey. Lees meer

Favourite track: Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni
Book: History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Triangular pillow

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

26 april 1992 · 40 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the distinguished tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his Methodist upbringing in the East End of London, his years as a farmer in Sussex and explaining why he was 29 years old before he took his enormous talent for singing seriously. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Gloria In Excelis Deo by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Welsh-English Dictionary
Luxury: Parquet floor and tap shoes

Sir Ernst Gombrich

5 april 1992 · 39 min

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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is art historian Sir Ernst Gombrich. His most famous book, The Story of Art, was written more than 40 years ago, yet it remains the world's most popular introduction to great artists and their work. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his life and work recalling his first impressions of England to which he came from Vienna in 1936, his time translating German propaganda broadcasts for the BBC during the Second World War and explaining why he prefers to help people appreciate art rather than own it himself.

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

Favourite track: Divertimento For Violin In E Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Goethe's Poems by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Bath tub with an endless supply of hot water

Lady Soames

22 maart 1992 · 39 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Lady Soames, historian and only surviving child of Winston Churchill. A distinguished author and now Chairman of the Board of the National Theatre, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her extraordinary life - recalling her blissful childhood spent at Chartwell, the family's country home. She'll also be talking about the many state visits she made with her father and her husband - and remembering a conversation she had with General de Gaulle, who gave her lots of good advice on the best places to walk dogs in Paris. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 6 In F Major Op 68 Pastoral by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Memories From Beyond The Grave by Chateaubriand
Luxury: Supply of fine Havana cigars

Sir Isaiah Berlin

15 maart 1992 · 40 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is philosopher and historian Sir Isaiah Berlin. Born in Latvia 80 years ago, he was brought to England by his family when he was ten years old and barely able to speak English. He is now internationally regarded as one of the most brilliant scholars of his age. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his early years in Russia, his commitment to, and respect for, this country, and explaining the philosophical implications of liberalism - his guiding principle for 60 years.

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

Favourite track: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor Op 131 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Works, prose and verse by Aleksandr Pushkin
Luxury: Large armchair stacked with cushions

Jocelyn Stevens

8 maart 1992 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is entrepreneur, newspaperman and public servant Jocelyn Stevens. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his love of life - he works in London and spends his weekends in Gstaad - and his impressive career: he revitalised Queen Magazine, launched Radio Caroline, saved the Evening Standard and served as Managing Director of Express Newspapers. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Siegfried Funeral March by Richard Wagner
Book: Other Men's Flowers by Lord A P Wavell
Luxury: One mile stretch of the River Test in Hampshire

Dr Steve Jones

1 maart 1992 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is geneticist Dr Steve Jones. Eminent in his field, he's made a lifelong study of the evolution of the snail, the reproduction of the fruit fly and the sex life of the slug. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the study of genetics, reflecting on its disreputable past, analysing the problems of genetic engineering and discussing the research that inspired his recent Reith Lectures, particularly the evidence that proves that most of the world has descended from 10 Africans. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: The Fossils by Camille Saint-Saëns
Book: Valley of Bones by Anthony Powell
Luxury: Stuffed body of the Minister of Education

Elvis Costello

23 februari 1992 · 37 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is singer-songwriter Elvis Costello. Widely regarded as one of the best British songwriters of recent years, he comes from a musical family - both his father and grandfather were trumpeters. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his eclectic taste in music, comparing classical singers to pop stars, and choosing eight records, not for pleasure, but to provide sustenance on his desert island.

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

Favourite track: Vivace String Quartet in F Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Selected Works by James Thurber
Luxury: Upright piano

Sir Roger Bannister

16 februari 1992 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Roger Bannister, the man who first ran the four-minute mile. Now an eminent neurologist, he is as proud of his research during the last 15 years into the effects of low blood pressure, as he is of his achievements on the athletics field. Lees meer

Master of Pembroke College, he's taken up sculling, and with a night school qualification in navigation as well, he'll be telling Sue Lawley how he plans to escape from the desert island.

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

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Anthology of Russian, American & English Stories
Luxury: Solar-powered receiver to receive Radio 4

Robbie Coltrane

9 februari 1992 · 37 min

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In memory of Robbie Coltrane. The actor was Sue Lawley's castaway in Desert Island Discs in 1992. Lees meer

He first became noticed in the early 1980s in television programmes such as The Comic Strip, The Young Ones and Saturday Night Live. After that he became an international star. He talked to Sue Lawley about, amongst other things, his love of Scotland, his passion for vintage cars and his fear of live performances.

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

Favourite track: Letter From America by The Proclaimers
Book: Lady In The Lake by Raymond Chandler
Luxury: Pencil and paper

J G Ballard

2 februari 1992 · 36 min

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This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is writer JG Ballard. Since the early 1960s, he has been well-known as a science fiction writer. But more recently he has reached an even wider audience with his autobiographical novels Empire of the Sun and The Kindness of Women. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his extraordinary life - his childhood in Shanghai, his adolescence spent in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp and how, after the sudden and tragic death of his wife, he raised his three young children alone.

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

Favourite track: Falling In Love Again by Marlene Dietrich
Book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Luxury: Unicycle

John Major

26 januari 1992 · 39 min

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Few people will be surprised to hear that the castaway in this week's special 50th anniversary edition of Desert Island Discs is the Prime Minister John Major. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his very happy childhood years, his more traumatic adolescence and his transformation into the perfect Conservative parliamentary candidate. He'll also be discussing his love of music and books, and revealing the luxury that was a surprise even to Sue Lawley. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: O Giusto Cielo (Lucia Di Lammermoor) by Gaetano Donizetti
Book: The Small House At Allington by Anthony Trollope
Luxury: Oval cricket ground replica and bowling machine

Reverend David Jenkins

19 januari 1992 · 38 min

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of Britain's most well-known church leaders, the Right Reverend David Jenkins, the Lord Bishop of Durham. At the age of 60, after a career spent mainly as an academic theologian, he was catapulted into controversy: his views on the virgin birth and the resurrection caused outrage, and his opinions on the divisions between rich and poor infuriated politicians. Lees meer

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his surprise at the controversies he caused, and the faith which helped him to remain steadfast through the storm.

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

Favourite track: The Sanctus (Harmoniemesse) by Franz Joseph Haydn
Book: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Luxury: Binoculars

Steven Berkoff

12 januari 1992 · 38 min

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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is actor, writer and director Steven Berkoff. Irreverent, energetic and compelling, his work has brought him an international reputation and his last West End production, Kvetch, was voted comedy of the year. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his love of drama and why it changed his life, his short spell in Hollywood playing archetypal villains and his time spent in Paris studying mime. Lees meer

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

Favourite track: Koyaanisqatsi by Philip Glass
Book: A gardening book
Luxury: Piano