Desert Island Discs

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2.000 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud

1. Sir Thomas Armstrong

   16 juli 1989 · 36 min

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   This week's castaway is Sir Thomas Armstrong, formerly Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, and now 91 years old. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his many years of teaching and performing music, judging music competitions and carrying out the almost impossible task of choosing just eight records to take to the mythical island from a lifetime filled with music from an early age. Lees meer

   Favourite track: Brigg Fair by Frederick Delius
   Luxury: Clavichord

2. Ned Sherrin

   9 juli 1989 · 36 min

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   This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is something of a show business all-rounder - the moving spirit behind BBC TV's That Was the Week That Was, director of the musical Side by Side by Sondheim and currently presenter of Radio 4's Loose Ends. He is, of course, Ned Sherrin, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his idyllic childhood as a Somerset farmer's son, and the many different turns his life has subsequently taken. Lees meer

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

   Favourite track: As Time Goes By by Elisabeth Welch
   Book: No Bed For Bacon by Caryl Brahms
   Luxury: Seed potatoes

3. Mark McCormack

   2 juli 1989 · 34 min

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   This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is the man who, as well as transforming Wimbledon into a multi-million pound industry, manages the professional lives of some of the biggest Wimbledon names - Ivan Lendl and Martina Navratilova, for example. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his formidable business and management skills and how he is now applying them to the world of classical music, taking on clients like Kiri Te Kanawa and Itzhak Perlman. Lees meer

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

   Favourite track: Drive All Night by Bruce Springsteen
   Book: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
   Luxury: Suntan lotion

4. Joan Collins

   25 juni 1989 · 36 min

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   The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is someone who, over the last seven years, has become a superstar of the small screen, playing the venomous Alexis Carrington in the television soap opera Dynasty. She is, of course, Joan Collins, and she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about Alexis, as well as her many other roles, working with such great names as Jack Hawkins, Bette Davis, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. That's Joan Collins, discussing Hollywood, husbands and the pursuit of happiness. Lees meer

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

   Favourite track: Intermezzo (from Manon Lescaut) by Giacomo Puccini
   Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
   Luxury: Large bottle of sun tan oil and moisturiser

5. Maria Aitken

   18 juni 1989 · 37 min

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   This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is actress Maria Aitken, who will be talking to Sue Lawley about her current reputation as the finest exponent of Noel Coward's leading ladies and her film roles; among them John Cleese's wife in A Fish Called Wanda. She'll also be discussing her many other careers as writer, chatshow hostess and journalist. Lees meer

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

   Favourite track: Duet (from La Traviata) by Giuseppe Verdi
   Book: Fun in a Chinese Laundry by Josef von Sternberg
   Luxury: Amazonian rain maker

6. Jonathon Porritt

   11 juni 1989 · 38 min

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   This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is Director of Friends of the Earth Jonathon Porritt. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his passionate commitment to the preservation of the planet, and also confessing that, even though he is seen by many as the guru of self-sufficiency and all things green, he would be totally at a loss when it came to surviving island life. Lees meer

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

   Favourite track: Humpback Whale Music by Humpback Whales
   Book: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
   Luxury: Fountain pen

7. Richard Branson

   4 juni 1989 · 37 min

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   The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is ideally suited to speculate on the pleasures and perils of island life, owning, as he does, his own island. He's Richard Branson, tycoon and entrepreneur, who made his first million while still in his teens, having left school at 15. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his family, his business philosophy and also his daredevil exploits with power boats and hot air balloons. Lees meer

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

   Favourite track: In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
   Book: Teach yourself Japanese phrase book
   Luxury: Notebooks and pens

8. Sir Nicholas Henderson

   28 mei 1989 · 38 min

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   The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of the country's leading former diplomats, Sir Nicholas Henderson. He has served in Britain's embassies all over the world - including Poland, West Germany and Paris, but was most prominent as our man in Washington during the Falklands War. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the pleasures and pitfalls of this somewhat nomadic, but nevertheless glamorous existence, and choosing eight records to accompany him on this, his final posting. Lees meer

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

   Favourite track: Concerto No 19 In F Major Third Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Book: Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
   Luxury: Sculpture from The Louvre and a box of different seeds

9. Katharine Hamnett

   21 mei 1989 · 34 min

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   The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's most successful fashion designers - Katharine Hamnett. Lees meer

   She started in the business 10 years ago with a £500 loan, and now runs a company with a £10 million turnover. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the connection between politics and fashion, and also about her famous baggy white t-shirts, which bear political and ecological slogans, and the memorable occasion when she wore one of them on a visit to 10 Downing Street.

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

   Favourite track: Big Head by Max Bygraves
   Book: The I Ching
   Luxury: Aircraft carrier (to decorate)

10. Thora Hird

    14 mei 1989 · 39 min

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    This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is one of Britain's greatest and best-loved character actresses, Thora Hird. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her lifelong involvement with the theatre - she first appeared on the stage at eight weeks old - and discussing more recent roles, such as Doris in Alan Bennett's play A Cream Cracker Under the Settee; a part which this year won her the BAFTA award for best television actress. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Onward Christian Soldiers by The Harry Simeone Chorale
    Book: Scene & Hird by Thora Hird
    Luxury: Cleansing milk

11. Lenny Henry

    7 mei 1989 · 36 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's most popular comedians, Lenny Henry. His talent emerged at the age of 16, when he was one of the star turns on New Faces, and he has since gone from strength to strength - appearing in television programmes like TISWAS and Three of a Kind, doing unforgettable imitations as well as creating his own characters. Lees meer

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

    He'll be giving Sue Lawley glimpses of these characters as well as talking about his time with the Black and White Minstrels, and his most recent role, as one of the moving forces behind Comic Relief, when he and fellow comedians banded together to raise millions of pounds for the people of Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.

    Favourite track: I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
    Book: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
    Luxury: Graphic novels (Comics)

12. Lady Redgrave

    30 april 1989 · 40 min

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    This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is someone who now sits at the head of one of this country's most famous theatrical dynasties - the remarkable Redgraves. But Lady Redgrave, as Rachel Kempson, is also a highly-regarded actress in her own right - still treading the boards at the age of 78 - and she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her long career on the stage, her marriage to Sir Michael Redgrave and the pitfalls and pleasures of a family which now encompasses three generations of acting talent. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: If The Heart Of A Man by Michael Redgrave
    Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
    Luxury: Case of champagne

13. Miriam Rothschild

    23 april 1989 · 35 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is biologist and conservationist Miriam Rothschild. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her lifelong fascination with all forms of natural life, including her passion for fleas, worms and butterflies, and also how she welcomes the prospect of exile to the mythical island as an opportunity to discover and investigate unlimited flora and fauna. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Cello Suite No 5 - Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Luxury: Bag of wild flower seed

14. Lord Roy Jenkins

    16 april 1989 · 40 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Lord Jenkins of Hillhead - formerly Roy Jenkins. Lees meer

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

    He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his long and varied political career, which has encompassed periods as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and this country's first President of the European Commission. He'll also be looking back on his Welsh origins and the early days of the Social Democratic Party, of which he was a founding member, as well as challenging his popular image as a claret-drinking intellectual.

    Favourite track: Theme (from Enigma Variations) by Edward Elgar
    Book: Who Was Who
    Luxury: Case of Bordeaux wine

15. Leslie Grantham

    9 april 1989 · 34 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is an actor who rose to fame on the nation's television screens as the landlord in the BBC television series Eastenders - the volatile and villainous Dirty Den. He's Leslie Grantham, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about life after Dirty Den now that he has left the series, and also his time in prison when he served an 11-year sentence for a crime he committed as a teenage soldier. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Test Pilot Sketch (from Hancock's Half Hour) by Galton & Simpson
    Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
    Luxury: Metal detector

16. Sir Stephen Spender

    2 april 1989 · 38 min

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    In this week's Desert Island Discs, one of the most eminent English poets of this century, Sir Stephen Spender, talks to Sue Lawley about his radical and often flamboyant past, and his friendships with such notable literary figures as Christopher Isherwood, WH Auden and Virginia Woolfe. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: String Quartet in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
    Luxury: Painting or sculpture & photograph of daughter

17. Gerald Scarfe

    12 maart 1989 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Renowned for his grotesquely exaggerated portrayals of political figures and issues, he will be talking about his isolated childhood, which was dominated by chronic asthma, and how, with no formal art training, he has now become one of the most eminent artists of our time, branching out from drawing his instantly-recognisable caricatures into the world of theatre, rock and opera. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Book: A title by Capability Brown
    Luxury: River painting by Turner

18. Dame Josephine Barnes

    5 maart 1989 · 38 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Dame Josephine Barnes, who, ten years ago, was the first woman to become President of the British Medical Association. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her long and brilliant career in a traditionally male-dominated world, and her battles to improve the care of women in pregnancy and childbirth, both before and after the advent of the National Health Service. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: I Was Glad by Hubert Parry
    Book: The scores of all music chosen in a bound volume
    Luxury: Solar-powered word processer

19. David Hare

    26 februari 1989 · 37 min

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    This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is the playwright and theatre director David Hare - a man who has made his name with plays like Pravda, Plenty, Lickin' Hitler and, most recently, The Secret Rapture. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the impact of the theatre on post-war Britain and his own role as one of the leading writers of left-wing intellectual drama. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Young and Foolish by Mabel Mercer
    Book: Larousse Gastronomique
    Luxury: Cricket bat & bowling machine

20. Enoch Powell

    19 februari 1989 · 39 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the Rt Hon Enoch Powell - politician, poet and classical scholar. He'll be looking back on some of the incidents and issues which have made him one of the most controversial politicians in post-war Britain - among them, his so-called Rivers of Blood speech on immigration policy, and his exhortation to the electorate to vote Labour after his resignation over Britain's entry into the EEC. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: The Renunciation of Siegfried (from Götterdämmerung) by Richard Wagner
    Book: Old Testament In Hebrew & Greek
    Luxury: Smoking device to smoke fish

21. Jeffrey Tate

    12 februari 1989 · 37 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Jeffrey Tate, principal conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Opera House, and chief guest conductor of the Geneva Opera. Until the age of 27, his chosen profession was medicine, but once a fully-qualified doctor, he switched his career to become one of the most sought-after conductors of his time - both in Britain and abroad. This is an achievement impressive enough in itself, but doubly so given that since childhood he has suffered from a condition which has resulted in curvature of the spine and a paralysed left leg, which means that, for the most part, he conducts sitting on a high stool. Lees meer

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

    Sue Lawley will be talking to Jeffrey Tate about his transition from medicine to a stunning musical career and the problems he has overcome to achieve such extraordinary success.

    Favourite track: I'll Be Seeing You by Billie Holiday
    Book: The collected works by Jane Austen
    Luxury: Nativity painting from the National Gallery

22. Rocco Forte

    5 februari 1989 · 35 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the chief executive of Britain's largest hotel and catering chain, an empire which extends from motorway cafes to the grandest hotels in London and Paris. He is Rocco Forte, and he'll be talking about the famed Forte dynasty, his renown as a one-time playboy and his company's continuing battle for ownership of the elusive Savoy hotel. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi
    Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
    Luxury: Snooker table

23. Joan Armatrading

    29 januari 1989 · 35 min

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    This week's castaway on the mythical desert island is someone who welcomes the isolation her exile can offer - she is singer and songwriter Joan Armatrading. An intensely shy and private person, renowned for her powerfully emotional songs, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her first impressions of England when she arrived here as a small girl 31 years ago from the Caribbean. She'll also be discussing her music, and the fame which it has brought - something she still finds surprising, and often quite overwhelming. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Madame George by Van Morrison
    Book: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
    Luxury: Guitar

24. Boy George

    22 januari 1989 · 34 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is someone who has experienced the delights of international stardom and acclaim, and the misery of failure when his fame turned sour and his popularity plummeted. The flamboyant Boy George will be talking to Sue Lawley about the ups and downs of his professional and private life. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: It Must Be Love by Madness
    Book: Photograph album
    Luxury: Radio receiver

25. Tony Benn

    15 januari 1989 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the Rt Hon Tony Benn MP. Lees meer

    He'll be discussing his long and turbulent career as one of this country's most eloquent socialists - he served in every Labour government of the 1960s and 1970s. He'll also be talking about the many stories that have always surrounded him: is it true, for example, that he is 'wired for sound' and records every conversation he has? And has he really drunk enough cups of tea in his lifetime to displace the QE2?

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

    Favourite track: Madrigal by Stephen Benn
    Book: Das Kapital by Karl Marx
    Luxury: Kettle and teabags

26. Twiggy

    8 januari 1989 · 34 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is someone who's face graced the covers of fashion magazines the world over more than 20 years ago when she was still a teenager. Lees meer

    The name 'Twiggy' was synonymous with *the* look of the 1960s - waif-like and doe-eyed. Today, she has matured into a successful actress, singer and dancer, and she'll be talking about those early, heady days, and how she managed to survive the media hype that surrounded her wherever she went.

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

    Favourite track: Yesterday by The Beatles
    Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
    Luxury: Cold cream

27. Most Rev Robert Runcie

    1 januari 1989 · 38 min

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    The first castaway of 1989 in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's most senior church leaders - the Most Reverend Robert Runcie, the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his Liverpool childhood and his war years when, as a tank commander, he won the military cross. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: The Sanctus
    Book: The Odyssey by Homer
    Luxury: Rocking chair

28. Edward Heath

    18 december 1988 · 38 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway this week is a man who has, at times, endured a different isolation from that imposed by the mythical island. But along with his frequently turbulent political career, he has also enjoyed the close companionship of his fellow crew members when captaining his yacht to resounding victories, as well as conducting some of the greatest orchestras in the world. Former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Edward Heath will be discussing his many achievements - political, nautical and musical - as well as his plans for the future in Desert Island Discs. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Prisoners' Chorus by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Book: Volume of the works of the Impressionist painters
    Luxury: Suntan lotion

29. Charles Dance

    11 december 1988 · 35 min

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    This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is actor Charles Dance. A man once termed "the thinking woman's crumpet", it's a description he doesn't take too seriously. But he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his matinee idol image, his early days as an aspiring actor and the role which turned him into an international star - the dashing Guy Perron in the widely-acclaimed TV series The Jewel in the Crown. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: La Bottega Dei Miracoli by Nicola Poivanni
    Book: A Dream in the Luxembourg by Richard Aldington
    Luxury: Guitar

30. Lady Warnock

    4 december 1988 · 38 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a philosopher, academic and mistress of Girton College, Cambridge; but Lady Mary Warnock is perhaps best known for her work in the public arena, on committees looking at a wide range of ethically-controversial subjects, including embryo research and animal experimentation. Lees meer

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

    She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about these difficult areas and also her early days as an academic when she was also bringing up five children. Throughout her life, music has also been a dominant theme and she'll be carrying out the difficult task of choosing eight records to accompany her to the desert island.

    Favourite track: My Beloved Spake by Henry Purcell
    Book: The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
    Luxury: Pen and paper

31. Stephen Fry

    27 november 1988 · 35 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a man who prefers to shun any sort of label, but has already attracted quite a number of them - writer, actor, raconteur, wit - but it is as a so-called 'alternative comedian' that Stephen Fry has been most remarkable, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his somewhat chequered past and his highly successful present. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: The Magic Fire Music (Die Walkure) by Richard Wagner
    Book: The Jeeves Omnibus by P G Wodehouse
    Luxury: Suicide pill

32. Bob Champion

    20 november 1988 · 32 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is jockey Bob Champion - a man who, against all the odds, fought back after he was diagnosed as having cancer to win one of the most coveted prizes in his field - in 1981 he rode Aldaniti to a stunning victory in the Grand National. He'll be talking about his passion for riding, his fight against his illness and the two children who, contrary to all medical predictions, he has since fathered. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
    Book: Fraser's Horse Book by Alistair Fraser
    Luxury: A bronze statue of the racehorse Aldaniti

33. Bob Hoskins

    13 november 1988 · 33 min

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    The castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is a man who has reached the top of his profession through a fantastically varied number of routes - steeplejack, trainee accountant, circus fire-eater and hotel porter are just a few of them. Now one of the hottest properties in the film business on both sides of the Atlantic, actor Bob Hoskins will be talking to Sue Lawley about his image as a tough cockney lad, which has been prompted by such films as Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday, and the role that took him to fame: Arthur Parker in Dennis Potter's TV series Pennies From Heaven. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Adagio For Strings by Samuel Barber
    Book: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
    Luxury: Telescope

34. Sir Claus Moser

    6 november 1988 · 38 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a man of quite extraordinary diversity. Now Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, his other jobs have included chairing the Board of the Royal Opera House and leading the government's Central Statistical Office under three Prime Ministers. But it is his passionate love of music, however, which has dominated his life throughout his many careers, and he'll be undertaking the difficult task of selecting just eight records to accompany him to the desert island. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Book: A volume by James Thurber
    Luxury: Concert grand Steinway piano

35. Germaine Greer

    30 oktober 1988 · 35 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a writer and academic who's most renowned for her views on women, sex and human relations. She's Germaine Greer - someone who's often described as the 'high priestess of feminism'. As she approaches her 50th birthday, she'll be discussing with Sue Lawley whether her views have mellowed over the years, and how her aspirations have changed since the publication of her book The Female Eunuch. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Piece De Clavecin by Francois Couperin
    Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
    Luxury: Hot spices

36. Rt. Hon. Michael Foot

    23 oktober 1988 · 37 min

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    The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a man who has been described as "the nicest Prime Minister we never had". He may never have made it as Prime Minister, but Michael Foot has had a long and illustrious career, representing his Welsh constituency for many years, and becoming leader of the Labour Party in 1980. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his passion for politics, books and music. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: The Barber Of Seville - Una Voce Poco Fa by Gioacchino Rossini
    Book: Don Juan by Lord Byron
    Luxury: Alarm clock encased in Welsh tinplate

37. Cilla Black

    16 oktober 1988 · 34 min

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    This week's castaway on Desert Island Discs reveals her three remaining burning ambitions in life: to make a number-one record, to become a grandmother and to be treated as a real sex symbol - all this with 25 years of singing and compering success behind her. She's matchmaker supreme Cilla Black, and she'll be talking about her legendary early days in Liverpool, her subsequent career and her family. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles
    Book: Fables by Aesop
    Luxury: Manicure set and nail varnish

38. Terry Wogan

    9 oktober 1988 · 37 min

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    Shy, lazy, self-effacing: this is the way this week's castaway on Desert Island Discs describes himself to Sue Lawley. So how come he ventured to the Radio Show at Earl's Court to choose his eight records to accompany him to the island? Well, you can find out how Terry Wogan just can't resist the challenge of a real, live audience, and also hear his ruminations on solitude, show business and shyness. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose by Irene Sharp
    Book: The collected works by P G Wodehouse
    Luxury: Radio-cassette player and language tapes

39. Athene Seyler

    2 oktober 1988 · 34 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the actress Athene Seyler. She first appeared on the stage 80 years ago as Rosalind in As You Like It - a part she can still recite - and now, at 99, she looks back with pleasure on her many happy years as one of Britain's finest comic actresses. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Du Bist Wie Eine Blume by Robert Schumann
    Book: The Disinherited by Gareth Jones
    Luxury: Case of champagne

40. Bishop Trevor Huddleston

    25 september 1988 · 36 min

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    The castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is a monk, a man at peace with solitude, but whose life has been spent fighting the cause of the oppressed and dispossessed, from South Africa to London's East End. He is Bishop Trevor Huddleston, former Bishop of Stepney and President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his long and varied life. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Fidelio - The Prisoners Chorus by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
    Luxury: Binoculars

41. Salman Rushdie

    18 september 1988 · 33 min

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    This week's castaway on Desert Island Discs is one of the most prominent novelists in the English language today. Author of the prize-winning novel Midnight's Children and weaver of magic yarns which embody myth, memory and politics, he is the Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the forces which have influenced his life and work. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Call Of The Valley by Shivkumar Sharma
    Book: Arabian Nights (1000 and One Nights)
    Luxury: Unlisted radio telephone

42. Peter Donohoe

    11 september 1988 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is pianist Peter Donohoe. Lees meer

    Favourite track: String Quintet In C Major by Franz Schubert
    Book: Collected Scripts by Billy Connolly
    Luxury: Waterbed

43. Alfred Wainwright

    4 september 1988 · 35 min

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    For people who enjoy walking on the Cumbrian fells there's one indispensable companion. It's a Wainwright; a small guidebook, mapped, written and illustrated by Alfred Wainwright, who's Sue Lawley's castaway this morning in Desert Island Discs. Wainwright has written some 50 books and his Lake District guides have sold more than a million. He'll be talking about his beloved Lake District and choosing eight records. Lees meer

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

    Favourite track: Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme) by Johnny Mathis
    Book: Two photographs (one of wife; one of 1928 Blackburn Rovers team)
    Luxury: Mirror

44. Anita Dobson

    28 augustus 1988 · 34 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Anita Dobson. Lees meer

    Favourite track: The Locomotion by Little Eva
    Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
    Luxury: Bed

45. Lord Dacre of Glanton (Hugh Trevor-Roper)

    21 augustus 1988 · 37 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is historian Lord Dacre Of Glanton. Lees meer

    Favourite track: Pavane For A Dead Infanta by Maurice Ravel
    Book: The collected works by Virgil
    Luxury: Paper, pen and ink

46. Patricia Neal

    14 augustus 1988 · 34 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Patricia Neal. Lees meer

    Favourite track: Black Is The Colour by Joan Baez
    Book: A collection of short stories
    Luxury: Toothbrush and toothpaste

47. Reverend Ian Paisley

    7 augustus 1988 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is Northern Ireland MP/MEP Reverend Ian Paisley. Lees meer

    Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by The Reformed Presbyterian Church Of Ireland Northern Presbytery Choir
    Book: Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
    Luxury: High-powered radio

48. Joan Turner

    31 juli 1988 · 33 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is comedian Joan Turner. Lees meer

    Favourite track: One Fine Day by Giacomo Puccini
    Book: Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis de Sales
    Luxury: Baked beans

49. Lord Armstrong

    24 juli 1988 · 36 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is former Cabinet Secretary Lord Armstrong. Lees meer

    Favourite track: Piano Trio In D Minor by Felix Mendelssohn
    Book: The collected works by Jane Austen
    Luxury: Music manuscript paper, pencil, rubber

50. Dame Edna Everage

    17 juli 1988 · 35 min

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    Sue Lawley's castaway is comedian Dame Edna Everage. Lees meer

    Favourite track: I Feel Pretty by Kiri Te Kanawa
    Book: Filofax
    Luxury: Madge Allsop