Ian McMillan
Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan.
Thirty years ago he was working in a factory gluing together tennis ball halves. Then he got a grant, chucked in his job and devoted himself to writing and performing.
These days he's known as the Bard of Barnsley and his appeal stretches from the terraces of his local football club to the balcony of the London Coliseum... he is poet in residence at both Barnsley FC and the English National Opera...
He still lives in the village where he was born and he considers and analyses British culture from his very particular vantage point in south Yorkshire.
He says: "You can do the universal in the local, I always think. You can see all the changes that have happened all over the world in the 20th and 21st centuries in microcosm."
Producer: Leanne Buckle
Record: 4' 33" - John Cage
Book: The Long and The Short of It: Poems 1955-2005 by Roy Fisher
Luxury: A tandem bike with wooden models of his family on the front.
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Music Played
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert Von Karajan
- Herbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra: Handel….
- EMI.
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Andy Stewart
Donald Where's Your Troosers?
Composer: Stewart/Grant
- The Andy Stewart Collection: 20 Scottish favourites.
- Music for Pleasure.
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Doris Day
The Black Hills of Dakota
Composer: S Fain/P F Webster
- A Portrait of Doris Day.
- Stylus.
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Love
Alone Again Or
Composer: Bryan MacLean
- Forever Changes.
- Elektra.
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Moonlight on Vermont
Composer: Captain Beefheart
- Trout Mask Replica: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
- Reprise.
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Bing Crosby
White Christmas
Composer: Irving Berlin
- Bing Crosby: The Best of Bing Crosby.
- MCA.
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Leonard Bernstein
Rhapsody in Blue
Composer: George Gershwin
- Gershwin:Rhapsody: Bernstein.
- CBS.
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John Cage
4'33"
Artist: Amadinda Percussion Group
- Amadinda Percussion Group: Works by Varese, Chavez & Cage.
- Hungaroton.
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Book Choice
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The Long and the Short of it: Poems 1955-2005 - Roy Fisher
Luxury Choice
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a tandem bike with wooden models of his family at the front
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Ian McMillan |
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Nov 2010 11:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 12 Nov 2010 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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