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 Heartβs 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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Minnie Riperton
Les Fleurs
- Come To My Garden.
- Capitol Catalog Mkt (C92).
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Else Torp and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
My Heart's in the Highlands
- Creator Spiritus.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Sylvester
Do You Wanna Funk
- Ariola.
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΅ώΒαΓΆ°ω°μ
Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Magimix)
- Big Time Sensuality.
- One Little Indian.
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Radiohead
Harry Patch (In Memory Of)
- XL Recordings.
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Jamie xx
KILL DEM
- KILL DEM.
- Young.
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²Ή±τ³ΩβJ
Get Better
- The Dream.
- Infectious Music.
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Young Fathers
I Saw
- Heavy Heavy.
- Ninja Tune.
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Broadcasts
- Sun 22 Oct 2023 11:15ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 27 Oct 2023 09:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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