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 t...
4 Apr 199337min
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
14 Mar 199334min
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
7 Mar 199337min
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
28 Feb 199336min
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...
21 Feb 199336min
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
31 Jan 199338min
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...
24 Jan 199337min
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...
17 Jan 199338min
