Frances Edmonds accompanied her husband Phil on two tours with the England cricket team and wrote books about the trips. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she talks about the reaction she got from the chauvinistic world of cricketers and cricket writers, and also looks back on her schooldays at an Ursuline convent and at her career as an interpreter.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Panis Angelicus by César Franck Book: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Luxury: Bollinger '69
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