Aung San Suu Kyi
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Aung San Suu Kyi. The programme was recorded on location in Naypyitaw, Burma in December 2012.Now Leader of Burma's opposition party, she has dedicated her life to...
27 Jan 201344min
Beryl Vertue
TV producer Beryl Vertue is Kirsty Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs.In the famously fickle world of telly where last year's hero is this year's zero she has stood the test of time. Indeed in TV...
20 Jan 201333min
Martin Carthy
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Martin Carthy.A highly influential figure in the world of traditional music, about fifty years ago he was at the forefront of the English folk revival - inspiring ...
13 Jan 201334min
Sir Howard Stringer
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Sir Howard Stringer. Now Chairman of the Board and formerly CEO of Sony, he was surely the only Chief Executive who was a decorated Vietnam vet as he knelt before ...
6 Jan 201336min
Anya Hindmarch
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the designer and businesswoman, Anya Hindmarch.Given her first handbag by her mother at 16, she knew that her future lay in fashion. At 18 she went to Florence to ...
30 Dec 201233min
Dawn French
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Dawn French. Her career started back when dungarees were considered a legitimate fashion choice and she's built her reputation on borderline surreal skits and glow...
23 Dec 201235min
Sister Wendy Beckett
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the nun, writer and broadcaster Sister Wendy Beckett.For over 40 years she's lived the life of a hermit, rising every day at midnight to spend seven hours praying....
16 Dec 201238min
Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles. After flirting with Communism in his teens he joined the Conservative party and enjoyed a...
9 Dec 201235min
