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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996

BBC Radio 4

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

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01/20/91 • 38 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs is a man who has directed some of the most popular and memorable films in the history of cinema - High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma! and A Man for All Seasons. He is Fred Zinnemann, and he will be talking to Sue Lawley about his boyhood at the beginning of the century in imperial Vienna, his thwarted ambitions to be a musician, and the years he spent working in Hollywood where he directed, and on several occasions discovered, some of the best-known names in the film world, including Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra.

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

Favourite track: Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Very large self renewing bottle of scotch

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Raymond Seitz

Raymond Seitz

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10/17/93 • 36 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the present American Ambassador in London, Raymond Seitz. The first career diplomat ever to be appointed to the job, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he also scored a first by surviving the transition from President Bush to President Clinton earlier this year. He'll also be discussing the role of the American Ambassador in a shifting political climate and describing life in the Ambassador's residence, Winfield House in Regent's Park.

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

Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major K581 Second Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Anthology of Modern Poetry Luxury: Big box full of family albums

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Professor George Steiner

Professor George Steiner

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02/18/96 • 38 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Professor George Steiner. One of the most prominent intellectuals of our time, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how the English academic establishment has taken decades to accept him despite his early popularity as a Cambridge lecturer, and about the problem of reconciling the love of beauty with great acts of evil. He'll also be describing how his family left Austria for France in the 1920s and how he was one of only two boys to survive in his class in the largely Jewish lycee he attended in Paris.

When asked to select just one record to take to the island, Professor George said that for him, it was all or nothing.

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

Book: 500 year ahead calendar and appointment book Luxury: Computer

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

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12/22/96 • 32 min

The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is Absolutely Fabulous! Jennifer Saunders began "doing funny things with props" in the early 1980s. With her stage partner Dawn French, she toured the clubs and comedy venues making people laugh with acts like The Menopause Sisters. As part of the Comic Strip performers, she burst onto our TV screens as one of the famous, if rather manic, five.

Now through her characters Edina and Patsy, she has created a comedy classic. But as she tells Sue Lawley, Absolutely Fabulous came about because, having taken a year off from French and Saunders, the phone was ominously silent, and she had absolutely nothing else to do.

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

Favourite track: I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No by Blondie Book: Traveller's Prelude by Freya Stark Luxury: Tribute Heads By Elisabeth Frink

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

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11/24/96 • 35 min

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Leader of the Opposition, the Right Honourable Tony Blair. He will be describing his beliefs, both political and religious, and revealing the man behind the sound bites.

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

Favourite track: Recuerdos De La Alhambra by John Williams Book: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott Luxury: Guitar

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

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05/12/96 • 35 min

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Laurie.

Favourite track: Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison Book: A self-learn Italian book (slowly) Luxury: Family photo album

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Paul Merton

Paul Merton

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09/19/93 • 34 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Paul Merton. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his enduring but secret ambition to be a comedian and the feeling he's had throughout his life that he would always make it somehow. He'll be describing his painful beginnings at London's Comedy Store, and his graduation from there to radio and television, where he now has his own series on Channel 4, as well as appearing on Radio Four's Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and being part of the regular team of BBC2's Have I Got News For You?

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

Favourite track: Spreading by Kronos Quartet Book: Buster Keaton Biography by Rudi Blesh Luxury: Bed

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Wendy Richard

Wendy Richard

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07/09/95 • 36 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Wendy Richard, one of the best-known faces on British television.

She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about a career which started with the Arthur Haines show in the 60s, and took her through a whole series of long-running television programmes - The Newcomers, Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace and Favour. However, it was 10 years ago that she took the part which was to bring her her greatest popularity - Pauline Fowler in EastEnders.

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

Favourite track: Land Of Hope And Glory by Edward Elgar/Benson Book: Wilt by Tom Sharpe Luxury: Tapestry to make

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

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06/11/95 • 32 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the oldest and deepest voices in rock music - the legendary bluesman John Lee Hooker. The son of a preacher man, he was brought up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and his first guitar was made from an old inner tube tied to the barn door. By the age of 14, he had his own guitar and ran away to Memphis with two dollars in his pocket for a life touring small blues clubs.

With hits like Boom Boom, Dimples and Boogie Chillun, he has been one of the major influences on rock stars like Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones.

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

Favourite track: Goin Down Slow by B.B. King & Bobby Bland Book: A book with pictures (of pretty women) Luxury: His guitar

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 - Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing

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11/21/93 • 37 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week has been described by some critics as Britain's greatest living writer. Doris Lessing will be talking to Sue Lawley about her early life in Southern Rhodesia, from where she was eventually exiled because of what the authorities called her 'subversive activities'.

She'll also be describing the bleak London where she arrived in 1950, clutching her small son, with 40 pounds in her pocket and the manuscript of her first novel, The Grass is Singing.

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

Favourite track: Tea For Two by Louis Armstrong & The All Stars Book: A Thousand and One Nights Luxury: Magic carpet

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How many episodes does Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 have?

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 currently has 246 episodes available.

What topics does Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, Personal Journals and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996?

The episode title 'Fred Zinnemann' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996?

The average episode length on Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 is 37 minutes.

How often are episodes of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 released?

Episodes of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996?

The first episode of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996 was released on Jan 6, 1991.

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