Desert Island Discs

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Sir Thomas Allen Jun 03, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway is opera singer Sir Thomas Allen.

Favourite track: Act 3 of Meistersinger von Nurnberg by Richard Wagner Book: Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy Luxury: Unlimited supply of paper, paints, pencils

Courtney Pine May 27, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway is jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine.

Favourite track: Guiltiness by Bob Marley and the Whalers Book: Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus Luxury: 1939 edition tenor saxophone

Sir Timothy Clifford May 20, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway is National Galleries of Scotland Director Sir Timothy Clifford.

Favourite track: La Ci Darem La Mano in Act 1 of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Renaissance casket with a selection of 15th & 16th century Italian drawings in it

Sir John Sulston May 13, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway is biologist Sir John Sulston.

Favourite track: String Quartet in B flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Oxford Anthology of English Verse Luxury: The microscope used to examine the lineage of the roundworm

Margaret Drabble May 06, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Drabble.

Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett Luxury: Painting by Maurice Cockerill - Ariadne's Thread

Tasmin Little Apr 29, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway is violinist Tasmin Little.

Favourite track: Daphnis & Chloe by Maurice Ravel Book: Harry Potter book by J K Rowling or Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens Luxury: Endless supply of coffee

Chris Tarrant Apr 22, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster Chris Tarrant.

Favourite track: Tequila Sunrise by Eagles Book: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Luxury: A lucky sixpence

Ronald Blythe Apr 15, 2001

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Admired as a keen observer and chronicler of rural life, Ronald Bythe is perhaps best known for his 'oral histories' - Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, which won the Heinemann Award in 1969, and The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Die Wetterfahne by Franz Schubert Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell Luxury: Lots of paper with pens

Tanni Grey Thompson Apr 08, 2001

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This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the paralympic athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson. Tanni Grey-Thompson has won medals in four Paralympic Games: when she was 19 she competed at Seoul and took the Bronze for the 200m. During the following 12 years her tally of medals has increased to nine golds and three silvers. She chooses eight records to take with her to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Knowing Me, Knowing You by Steve Coogan/Rebecca Front Book: A guide to edible foods on a desert island Luxury: Five juggling balls

Sir Alec Broers Apr 01, 2001

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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Sir Alec Broers. As a professor of electrical engineering at the forefront of research into microchip technology, Sir Alec says of his work, "If cars had made the same progress as electronics have in the past decade, then you would be able to drive from Cambridge to London in half a second". He chooses eight records to take with him to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Lots and lots of chocolate