Rt Hon Tony Blair MP
24 Nov 1996
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Leader of the Opposition, the Right Honourable Tony Blair. He...
Tessa Sanderson
17 Nov 1996
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Atlanta was her sixth Olympic Games. The first was 20 years before. On Desert Island Discs, Tessa Sa...
Sir Laurens Van Der Post
10 Nov 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a writer, a traveller and an advisor to a Prince an...
Chris Patten
03 Nov 1996
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He's called "His Excellency" by some; to others he's "Fatty Patten". Next year he will hand over Hon...
Jancis Robinson
27 Oct 1996
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the wine writer Jancis Robinson.One of only 200 Masters of Wine i...
Jackie Charlton
20 Oct 1996
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The ball rolled past the gap between him and Gordon Banks and into the back of the net. The Germans ...
Rumer Godden
13 Oct 1996
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Always an outsider, she seems to have gone against all the mores of her time; from opening a dancing...
Lewis Wolpert
06 Oct 1996
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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is Professor Lewis Wolpert. As Chairman of the Committ...
Ben Elton
29 Sep 1996
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His fourth novel, Popcorn, has been widely-acclaimed by the critics. He's about to begin a nationwid...
Fran Landesman
22 Sep 1996
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She has written songs for her friends Barbra Streisand and Bette Davis, and admires Jarvis Cocker an...
Kevin Whately
15 Sep 1996
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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the actor Kevin Whately. Having appeared increasing...
Professor Colin Blakemore
08 Sep 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the scientist Colin Blakemore. A brilliant student,...
Sir Terence Conran
01 Sep 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the designer and entrepreneur Terence Conran. He fi...
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
25 Aug 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. One of the most...
André Previn
18 Aug 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the composer and conductor André Previn. He'll be ...
Quentin Crewe
16 Jun 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the journalist and author Quentin Crewe. Since the ...
Peggy Mount
09 Jun 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Peggy Mount. Now 80 years old, and abou...
Gerry Robinson
02 Jun 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a businessman who started life as one of 10 childre...
Michael White
26 May 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the producer Michael White. Renowned for his theatr...
Janet Holmes à Court
19 May 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Janet Holmes à Court. Recently named Businesswoman...
Hugh Laurie
12 May 1996
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Sue Lawley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Laurie.Favourite track: Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morr...
Pauline Quirke
05 May 1996
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BBC TV's Birds Of A Feather is one of the country's favourite comedy programmes, attracting audience...
Mitsuko Uchida
28 Apr 1996
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This week, Sue Lawley's desert island castaway is the pianist Mitsuko Uchida. She was born in Japan,...
Hanif Kureishi
21 Apr 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi. He'll b...
Viscount Rothermere
14 Apr 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Viscount Rothermere. As proprietor of the Daily Mai...
Dickie Bird
07 Apr 1996
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This summer will see what will be a sad day in Test cricket history: Dickie Bird, who has umpired 65...
Simon Weston
31 Mar 1996
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Nearly 14 years ago, the young Simon Weston set off to serve with his regiment in the Falklands War....
Kyra Vayne
24 Mar 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is someone who has unexpectedly encountered profession...
Lord Alexander
17 Mar 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Chairman of the National Westminster Bank Lord ...
Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
03 Mar 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown. He'll be talkin...
Sir Roy Calne
25 Feb 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a surgeon and a painter. Sir Roy Calne - Professor ...
Professor George Steiner
18 Feb 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Professor George Steiner. One of the most prominent...
Susan Hill
11 Feb 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the country's best-known novelists. Author o...
Eve Arnold
04 Feb 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the world's outstanding photojournalists, Ev...
Julian Barnes
28 Jan 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Julian Barnes. Since his first novel - M...
Chili Bouchier
21 Jan 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the only surviving British star of the silent scree...
Jimmy McGovern
14 Jan 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the playwright Jimmy McGovern. He'll be talking to ...
Christopher Hampton
07 Jan 1996
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Christopher Hampton. He'll be talking to...
Lady Margaret Tebbit
31 Dec 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Margaret Tebbit. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley ab...
Petula Clark
24 Dec 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is an entertainer who has managed to captivate a gener...
Barbara Dickson
17 Dec 1995
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The castaway this week in Desert Island Discs is the singer and actress Barbara Dickson. She'll be t...
Alison Steadman
03 Dec 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Alison Steadman. She'll be talking to S...
George Martin
19 Nov 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a musician who became famous for producing other pe...
Umberto Eco
12 Nov 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Umberto Eco. His best-selling novel The ...
Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP
05 Nov 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Secretary of State for Education and Employment...
Elizabeth Jane Howard
29 Oct 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. In 1950, her fi...
Don Black
22 Oct 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the country's most successful lyricists, Don...
Richard Hoggart
15 Oct 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the academic and author Richard Hoggart. Nearly 40 ...
Alan Yentob
08 Oct 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Controller of BBC1, Alan Yentob. He'll be talki...
Jenny Pitman
01 Oct 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the racehorse trainer Jenny Pitman. She'll be talki...
Maurice Saatchi
24 Sep 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the advertising man, Maurice Saatchi. He and his br...
Max Nicholson
17 Sep 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a man who spans our century. Aged 91, Max Nicholson...
John Updike
10 Sep 1995
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Sue Lawley's castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the celebrated American writer John Updike...
Wendy Richard
09 Jul 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Wendy Richard, one of the best-known fa...
Duke Of Westminster
02 Jul 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the sixth Duke of Westm...
Jasper Conran
25 Jun 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is clothes designer Jasper Conran. Son of Sir Terence ...
Sir Magdi Yacoub
18 Jun 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the great pioneers of heart transplant surge...
John Lee Hooker
11 Jun 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the oldest and deepest voices in rock music ...
Brian Blessed
04 Jun 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actor Brian Blessed.He'll be talking to Sue Law...
Marianne Faithfull
28 May 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Marianne Faithfull. Singer and actress, she was the...
Sir Bernard Ingham
21 May 1995
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Sue Lawley's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Bernard Ingham. For 11 years, one mont...
Neil Simon
14 May 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of America's most successful playwrights. Since...
Dr George Carey
07 May 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey. The ...
Pete Waterman
30 Apr 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week has a classic rags-to-riches story to relate. Born int...
George Lloyd
23 Apr 1995
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The castaway choosing his eight desert island discs this week will also be relating a story of early...
Hugh Grant
16 Apr 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actor Hugh Grant. The star of the enormously su...
James Bowman
09 Apr 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the country's most distinguished counter-tenor Jame...
Nina Bawden
02 Apr 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist Nina Bawden. She'll be talking to Sue ...
Felix Aprahamian
19 Mar 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the music writer and critic Felix Aprahamian. He'll...
Nigel Nicolson
12 Mar 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer and publisher Nigel Nicolson. He'll be t...
Professor Eric Hobsbawm
05 Mar 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the historian Professor Eric Hobsbawm. A life-long ...
Christopher Lee
26 Feb 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is British cinema's king of horror - Christopher Lee. ...
Jimmy Knapp
19 Feb 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the Rail, Maritim...
Sir Adrian Cadbury
29 Jan 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Adrian Cadbury, for nearly 20 years chairman of...
Dr Richard Dawkins
22 Jan 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the biologist Dr Richard Dawkins. Author of popular...
Phil Redmond
15 Jan 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the creator, writer and producer of two of British ...
Patricia Hodge
08 Jan 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Patricia Hodge. Currently in her prime ...
Alan Clark
01 Jan 1995
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the politician, historian and diarist Alan Clark. H...
David Jason OBE
25 Dec 1994
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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is one of Britain's best-loved actors, David Jason. He...
Penelope Hobhouse
18 Dec 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the country's famous experts on gardens and ...
Margaret Forster
04 Dec 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Margaret Forster. Her second novel - Geo...
Sir Howard Hodgkin
27 Nov 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the painter Sir Howard Hodgkin. He'll be talking to...
Glenys Kinnock
20 Nov 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Glenys Kinnock. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley abo...
Berthold Goldschmidt
13 Nov 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the composer and conductor Berthold Goldschmidt. Bo...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
06 Nov 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Reve...
Kathleen Hale
30 Oct 1994
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The castaway this week in Desert Island Discs is the writer and illustrator Kathleen Hale. Mainly re...
Lynda La Plante
23 Oct 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Lynda La Plante - the creator of much-admired telev...
Sir George Christie
16 Oct 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Chairman of Glyndebourne, Sir George Christie. ...
Jeanette Winterson
09 Oct 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Jeanette Winterson. Her first book Orang...
Professor James Fenton
02 Oct 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the poet and writer James Fenton. He'll be talking ...
Mary Stott
25 Sep 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a journalist and feminist. Mary Stott became Women'...
John Tavener
18 Sep 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the composer John Tavener. He'll be talking to Sue ...
Joanna Trollope
11 Sep 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist Joanna Trollope. She'll be talking to ...
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
10 Jul 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Rabbi Hugo Gryn. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley abo...
Derek Jameson
03 Jul 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the journalist and broadcaster Derek Jameson. He'll...
John Drummond
26 Jun 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Director of the Promenade Concerts John Drummon...
Brian Sewell
19 Jun 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the controversial art critic Brian Sewell. He'll be...
Zoe Wanamaker
12 Jun 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Zoe Wanamaker. She'll be talking to Sue...
Milton Shulman
05 Jun 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Milton Shulman. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley abou...
Peter Scudamore
29 May 1994
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the jockey Peter Scudamore. The son of a jockey who...