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4 Extra Debut. From Diana Ross to Lauren Hill. Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2012.

Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis is castaway by Kirsty Young.

Her discipline was the heptathlon and it was at the 2000 Sydney Olympics that she leapt, threw, sprinted and hurdled her way on to the winner's podium.

An only child of a single mother, she says her mum had always had ambition for her - and was there to witness her success.

She said: "Her face said it all, there were tears in her eyes and for me it felt like, yes mum, we've done it together".

DISC ONE: Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
DISC TWO: Bob Marley - Is this Love
DISC THREE: a‐ha - Take On Me
DISC FOUR: Whitney Houston - One Moment in Time
DISC FIVE: Lauryn Hill - To Zion
DISC SIX: JLS - She Makes Me Wanna
DISC SEVEN: India.Arie - Ready for Love
DISC EIGHT: Mariah Carey - It’s Like That

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: India.Arie - Ready for Love
BOOK CHOICE: Oprah: An Autobiography - Oprah Winfrey
LUXURY CHOICE: Sex and the City DVD box set

Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in February 2012.

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