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Sir Christopher Meyer

Sue Lawley's castaway is Press Complaints Commission Chairman Sir Christopher Meyer.

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission Sir Christopher Meyer. Sir Christopher joined the PCC earlier this year after a glittering career in the diplomatic service. His last posting as Ambassador to Washington covered the September 11th attacks and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

In all he spent 36 years with the Foreign Office during which time he held postings to key missions in Washington, Moscow, Madrid and Brussels. He worked as Foreign Office spokesman for Geoffrey Howe in the 1980s and as Press Secretary to the former Prime Minister John Major in the mid 1990s.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson
Book: The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay: The 39 Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, the Three Hostages by John Buchan
Luxury: A jukebox

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Nov 2003 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Robert Johnson

      Crossroads Blues

      • King of the Delta Blues Singers.
      • Columbia.

  • Little Richard

    Good Golly Miss Molly

    • Little Richard/22 Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Artist: Valery Gergiev & the Kirov Orchestra

    • Stravinsky: Rite of Spring/Scriabin: the Poem of Ectasy.
    • Philips.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Faint echo of my youth (Lensky's aria) (from Eugene Onegin)

    Soloist: Stuart Burrows Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Sir George Solti

    • Eugene Onegin.
    • Decca.

  • Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

    Doctor Jazz Stomp

    • Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

  • Ac/Dc

    Highway to Hell

    • Highway to Hell.
    • Albert Productions.

  • Buena Vista Social Club

    Chan Chan

    • Buena Vista Social Club.
    • World Circuit.

  • The Darkness

    I Believe In A Thing Called Love

    • Permission to Land.
    • Atlantic.

  • Book Choice

    • The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay: The 39 Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, the Three Hostages - John Buchan

  • Luxury Choice

    • A jukebox

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Christopher Meyer

Broadcasts

  • Sun 23 Nov 2003 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 28 Nov 2003 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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