Desert Island Discs
BBC Radio 4
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 4, 1992 • 38min
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
Sep 27, 1992 • 39min
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 20, 1992 • 38min
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 13, 1992 • 38min
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 6, 1992 • 36min
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
Jul 26, 1992 • 38min
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 19, 1992 • 37min
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: Partita No 1 in B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Luxury: Hallucinogenic drugs
Jul 12, 1992 • 36min
Mohamed Amin
Sue Lawley's castaway is photo-journalist Mohamed Amin.Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra
Book: Life of John F Kennedy
Luxury: Satellite dish and television set
Jul 5, 1992 • 36min
Clare Short MP
Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Clare Short.Favourite track: Nun Sag Ich Dir Zum Ersten Mal by Arnold Schoenberg
Book: Geometry Tutor
Luxury: Piano
Jun 28, 1992 • 39min
Vivienne Westwood
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.[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
