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From Fred Astaire to Tchaikovsky. Archers actress June Spencer shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2010.

Kirsty Young's castaway is actress June Spencer.

She is one of the best-loved matriarchs in broadcasting. As Peggy Woolley in The Archers, she's the only original member of the cast still in the show.

It's 60 years this spring since the pilot episodes were first broadcast and, although she is now aged 90, June has no plans to retire.

She says, 'It's a great bonus for me that The Archers has run as long as it has, and I've gone along with it.'

DISC ONE: Fred Astaire - Let's Face The Music And Dance
DISC TWO: Nelson Eddy - I Passed by Your Window
DISC THREE: Andrei Gavrilov - Frédéric Chopin’s Revolutionary Study
DISC FOUR: Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, conducted by Jean-Bernard Pommier - Claude Debussy’s En bateau (from Petite suite)
DISC FIVE: John Williams - Concierto De Aranjuez
DISC SIX: Harry Secombe - Giacomo Puccini’s E Lucevan Le Stelle (from Tosca)
DISC SEVEN: The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Overture to The Sleeping Beauty
DISC EIGHT: Winchester Cathedral Choir - George Frideric Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: John Williams - Concierto De Aranjuez
BOOK CHOICE: Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome
LUXURY CHOICE: A Scrabble board

Producer: Isabel Sargent

First broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 in January 2010.

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45 minutes

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Fri 5 Mar 2010 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 FM

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Music Played

  • Fred Astaire

    Let's Face The Music And Dance

    • Fred Astaire: Cheek to Cheek.
    • Conifer.

  • Nelson Eddy

    I Passed by Your Window

    • Nelson & the Ladies.
    • Sounds Rare.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Revolutionary Study

    Soloist: Andrei Gavrilov

    • Unforgettable Classics.
    • EMI.

  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (from Petite suite)

    Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Conductor: Jean-Bernard Pommier

    • French Impressions.
    • Virgo.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • John Williams

      Concierto De Aranjuez

      • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuz:.
      • CBS.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    E Lucevan Le Stelle (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Harry Secombe

    • Operatic Arias.
    • Wing.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Overture to The Sleeping Beauty

    Orchestra: The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    • Sleeping Beauty – Slatkin.
    • RCS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir

    • Handel: A Celebration.
    • ASV.

  • Book Choice

    • Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome

  • Luxury Choice

    • A Scrabble board

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest June Spencer

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Feb 2010 11:15
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 FM
  • Fri 5 Mar 2010 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 FM

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