Anton Edelmann
Sue Lawley's castaway is chef Anton Edelmann. Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto in A by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Rinpoche Luxury: Wok
Apr 18, 1993•36 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Lord Oaksey
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the jockey and racing journalist Lord Oaksey. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he decided to give up a career in the law to become a junior racing correspondent on the Daily Telegraph and about his time as an amateur jockey when he rode 200 winners and nearly won the Grand National in 1963. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry Book: Mr Mulline...
Apr 11, 1993•36 min
Richard Gregory
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Professor Richard Gregory. He is a scientist who comes from a long line of academics - his father was an astronomer who recruited him at an early age to help build a homemade aeroplane, the 'flying flea', but luckily the project was abandoned before its fatal design fault was discovered. Professor Gregory has gone on since then to invent robots, hearing aids, special telescopes for astronauts, and to set up his famous foundation - the Exploratory ...
Apr 04, 1993•38 min
David Croft
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer David Croft. Favourite track: Not While I'm Around by Cleo Laine Book: Collected Poems by Sir John Betjeman Luxury: Piano
Mar 14, 1993•34 min
Ken Livingstone MP
Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Ken Livingstone. Favourite track: Joe Hill by Paul Robeson Book: The Myths of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Luxury: The BBC World Service
Mar 07, 1993•37 min
Elijah Moshinsky
Sue Lawley's castaway is director Elijah Moshinsky. Favourite track: Requiem: Agnes Dei by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Michael Frayn translation of Complete Plays by Anton Chekhov Luxury: A duvet
Feb 28, 1993•36 min
Sir Robin Butler
Sue Lawley's castaway is civil servant Sir Robin Butler. 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
Feb 21, 1993•37 min
Anthony Storr
Sue Lawley's castaway is psychiatrist Anthony Storr. 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
Jan 31, 1993•38 min
Evelyn Glennie
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. 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 f...
Jan 24, 1993•37 min
Dervla Murphy
Sue Lawley's castaway is cyclist and writer Dervla Murphy. 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)
Jan 17, 1993•38 min
Barbara Mills QC
Sue Lawley's castaway is QC Barbara Mills. 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
Jan 10, 1993•38 min
Elizabeth Jennings
Sue Lawley's castaway is poet Elizabeth Jennings. 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
Jan 03, 1993•37 min
Stephen Hawking
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. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Islan...
Dec 25, 1992•42 min
Paul Smith
Sue Lawley's castaway is designer Paul Smith. Favourite track: Queen of the Slipstream by Van Morrison Book: Beano Annual 1974 Luxury: Notebook and pencil
Dec 20, 1992•35 min
Professor Ghillean Prance
Sue Lawley's castaway is botanist Professor Ghillean Prance. Favourite track: Amazing Grace by The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Accordian
Dec 13, 1992•38 min
Carmen Callil
Sue Lawley's castaway is publisher and writer Carmen Callil. Favourite track: Adagio In E Flat by Franz Schubert Book: Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson Luxury: Film - The Commitments
Dec 06, 1992•36 min
Lord Tebbit
Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Lord Tebbit. 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
Nov 29, 1992•38 min
John Eliot Gardiner
Sue Lawley's castaway is conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Favourite track: Peter's Denial (St. Matthew Passion) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Hector Berlioz Luxury: Sancerre
Nov 22, 1992•38 min
Christabel Bielenberg
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Christabel Bielenberg. Favourite track: Deep River by Paul Robeson Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: A comfortable chair
Nov 08, 1992•37 min
General H Norman Schwarzkopf
Sue Lawley's castaway is the Gulf War General H Norman Schwarzkopf. Favourite track: Battle Hymn Of The Republic by Howe-Steffe Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: His dog, Bear
Nov 01, 1992•37 min
Gavin Laird
Sue Lawley's castaway is trade unionist Gavin Laird. 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
Oct 25, 1992•36 min
Julie Andrews
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 E...
Oct 18, 1992•38 min
Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury
Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman and politician Lord Sainsbury. Favourite track: String Quintet In C Second Movement by Franz Schubert Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Bed
Oct 11, 1992•36 min
Juliet Stevenson
Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Juliet Stevenson. 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
Oct 04, 1992•38 min
Chad Varah
Sue Lawley's castaway is founder of the Samaritans Chad Varah. 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
Sep 27, 1992•39 min
Raymond Blanc
Sue Lawley's castaway is chef Raymond Blanc. 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)
Sep 20, 1992•38 min
Penelope Leach
Sue Lawley's castaway is psychologist Penelope Leach. Favourite track: Prelude No 6 In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Complete Works by Sigmund Freud Luxury: Coffee
Sep 13, 1992•38 min
Bob Geldof
Sue Lawley's castaway is musician Bob Geldof. Favourite track: In The Garden by Van Morrison Book: Diary by Samuel Pepys Luxury: The Metropolitan Museum of New York
Sep 06, 1992•36 min
Rt Hon David Mellor MP
Sue Lawley's castaway is politician David Mellor. Favourite track: Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy Luxury: Telephone (disconnected)
Jul 26, 1992•38 min
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
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. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track:...
Jul 19, 1992•37 min
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