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Patrick Grant, designer and broadcaster

Patrick Grant, designer and broadcaster, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Patrick Grant is a designer, clothing entrepreneur and a judge on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ TV programme The Great British Sewing Bee.

Patrick was born in Edinburgh in 1972. His interest in clothes and in making things was evident from a very early age, along with a love of sport: his father was a rugby coach and trained Patrick and his friends. Some of his friends went on to represent Scotland and Patrick played for Scotland's under-19 team.

He studied Material Science and Engineering at Leeds University and worked in industry for a decade. Then, after spotting an advertisement in a newspaper, he bought an ailing Savile Row tailoring company. It was almost an impulse buy, at great financial risk. After a shaky start, he turned the business around, and within five years he was named menswear designer of the year at the British Fashion Awards. Patrick went on to buy a factory in Blackburn, Cookson and Clegg. He is passionate about British manufacturing, and set up Community Clothing with the aim of making good quality affordable day wear.

He has been a judge on The Great British Sewing Bee since the programme began in 2013. He divides his time between London, Blackburn and the Highlands.

DISC ONE: Les Fleurs - Minnie Riperton
DISC TWO: My Heart’s in the Highlands - Else Torp and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
DISC THREE: Do You Wanna Funk - Sylvester
DISC FOUR: Big Time Sensuality, the Fluke Magimix - ΅ώΒαΓΆ°ω°μ
DISC FIVE: Harry Patch (In Memory of) - Radiohead
DISC SIX: Kill Dem - Jamie xx
DISC SEVEN: Get Better - alt-J
DISC EIGHT: I Saw - Young Fathers

BOOK CHOICE: Green Woodwork: Working with Wood the Natural Way by Mike Abbott
LUXURY ITEM: A complete set of woodworking tools
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Kill Dem - Jamie xx

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor

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36 minutes

Music Played

  • Minnie Riperton

    Les Fleurs

    • Come To My Garden.
    • Capitol Catalog Mkt (C92).
    • 1.
  • Else Torp and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent

    My Heart's in the Highlands

    • Creator Spiritus.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Sylvester

    Do You Wanna Funk

    • Ariola.
  • ΅ώΒαΓΆ°ω°μ

    Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Magimix)

    • Big Time Sensuality.
    • One Little Indian.
    • 5.
  • Radiohead

    Harry Patch (In Memory Of)

    • XL Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Jamie xx

    KILL DEM

    • KILL DEM.
    • Young.
    • 1.
  • ²Ή±τ³Ω‐J

    Get Better

    • The Dream.
    • Infectious Music.
    • 6.
  • Young Fathers

    I Saw

    • Heavy Heavy.
    • Ninja Tune.
    • 2.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 22 Oct 2023 11:15
  • Fri 27 Oct 2023 09:00

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