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Russell T Davies, screenwriter

Russell T Davies shares the eight tracks, book and luxury he would want to take to if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Russell T Davies is one of the U.K.’s most successful television writers. He spent his teenage years learning his dramatic craft with the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre, and his career in television began in the children’s department at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.

His first solo hit TV series was the ground-breaking, sexually frank drama Queer as Folk, first broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999.

A lifelong Doctor Who fan, he relaunched the series in 2005 for a new generation of viewers. Such was its success, he found himself working around the clock.

More recently, he wrote the highly-acclaimed series A Very English Scandal, starring Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe, and the dystopian drama Years and Years.

DISC ONE: Julie Covington, Charlotte Cornwell, Rula Lenska - Sugar Mountain
DISC TWO: Hora Staccato (1950 version) performed by Jascha Heifetz and Emanuel Bay
DISC THREE: The New Christy Minstrels - Three Wheels on My Wagon -
DISC FOUR: Leonard Bernstein's Gloria in excelsis, performed by The Norman Scribner Choir
DISC FIVE: Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
DISC SIX: The OT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down (Builds Like A Skyscraper Mix)
DISC SEVEN: Neil Hannon - Song For Ten
DISC EIGHT: Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky

BOOK CHOICE: Asterix and the Roman Agent by by RenΓ© Goscinny with illustrations by Albert Uderzo
LUXURY ITEM: A black Ball Pentol Pen
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Leonard Bernstein's Gloria in excelsis

Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Sarah Taylor

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Fri 8 Nov 2019 09:00
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Music Played

  • Julie Covington, Charlotte Cornwell & Rula Lenska

    Sugar Mountain

    • Rock Follies (Soundtrack).
    • Island Records.
    • 1.

  • Grigoras Dinicu

    Hora Staccato

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Emanuel Bay.
    • Dinicu: Hora Staccato, Jascha Heifetz vs. Michael Rabin vs. Ginette Neveu vs. Fr.
    • Compare Edition.
    • 1.

  • The New Christy Minstrels

    Three Wheels on My Wagon

    • The Definitive New Christy Minstrels.
    • Collectors' Choice Music β€Ž.
    • 4.

  • The Norman Scribner Choir

    Gloria in excelsis

    • Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
    • CBS Records Inc.
    • 1.

  • Kate Bush

    Wuthering Heights

    • The Kick Inside.
    • Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • O.T. Quartet

    Hold That Sucker Down (Builds Like A Skyscraper Mix)

    • UK Gay Anthems.
    • Almighty.
    • 7.

  • Neil Hannon

    Song For Ten

    • Doctor Who: TV Soundtrack.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 15.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • Out Of The Blue.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 13.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 3 Nov 2019 11:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 8 Nov 2019 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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