Desert Island Discs

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Elizabeth Jennings Jan 03, 1993

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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

Stephen Hawking Dec 25, 1992

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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.

[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 Dec 20, 1992

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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

Professor Ghillean Prance Dec 13, 1992

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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

Carmen Callil Dec 06, 1992

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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

Lord Tebbit Nov 29, 1992

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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

John Eliot Gardiner Nov 22, 1992

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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

Christabel Bielenberg Nov 08, 1992

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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

General H Norman Schwarzkopf Nov 01, 1992

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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

Gavin Laird Oct 25, 1992

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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

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