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Children's TV producer Anne Wood is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the children's TV producer Anne Wood.

Her creations - which include Teletubbies, Rosie and Jim and In the Night Garden - have delighted millions of children around the world. She says she is driven by her fascination with children's creative development - and was horrified by the critical response when Teletubbies was first screened. "I wanted to make a programme that had love in it," she says, "You'd have thought I'd started World War Three the response that happened - it's innocent fun, that's all it is."

Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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45 minutes

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Fri 7 Oct 2011 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Willard White

    Lazy Bones

    Composer: Hoagy Carmichael/ Johnny Mercer

    • Willard White Sings Paul Robeson.
    • Linn AKD.

  • Clinton Ford

    Dance with a Dolly (with a hole in her stocking)

    Composer: Shand, Eaton, Leader

    • Dance with a Dolly/Streets of Laredo.
    • Piccadilly.

  • Alison Krauss

    Down to the River to Pray

    Composer: Traditional

    • Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection.
    • Rounder.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento

    Artist: Delores Ziegler, Dale Duesing and Claudio Desderi with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink

    • Cosi Fan Tutte.
    • EMI CDS.

  • Buddy Holly

    True Love Ways

    Composer: Petty/Holly

    • Buddy Holly & the Crickets: 20 Golden Greats.
    • MCA.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Domine Fili Unigenite

      Artist: The New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

      • Gloria: Magnificat.
      • EMI.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Imagine

    Composer: John Lennon

    • The Imagine Project.
    • Sony.

  • Hugh Laurie

    St James Infirmary

    Composer: Trad/Primrose)

    • Let them Talk.
    • Warner.

  • Book Choice

    • Cotillion - Georgette Heyer

  • Luxury Choice

    • Paper, pen and watercolours to record the plant life on the island

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Anne Wood

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Oct 2011 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 7 Oct 2011 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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