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Chris Patten

Sue Lawley's castaway is Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten.

He's called "His Excellency" by some; to others he's "Fatty Patten". Next year he will hand over Hong Kong to the Chinese.

Chris Patten, this week's castaway on Desert Island Discs, describes the challenges of being the colony's last British Governor. He recalls the moment he won the election for the Conservative Party, but lost his own seat, and how, as Environment Secretary, he found himself implementing "the single most unpopular policy that any British government has tried to introduce since the last war" - the poll tax.

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

Favourite track: Mass No. 18 in C minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Luxury: A bath

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Nov 1996 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor

    • Elgar Cello Concerto - Sea Pictures.
    • EMI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Te Deum Laudamus

    • Haydn: Nelson Messe/Te Deum/The English Concert.
    • Archiv Production.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

    • The Rolling Stones.
    • London.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio

    • Fidelio.
    • Philips.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (from Birthday Ode 'Come ye sons of art away')

    • Oiseau Lyre.

  • Traveling Wilburys

    Handle With Care

    • Travelling Wilburys Vol 1.
    • Wilbury.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Mass No. 18 in C minor 'Great' - Kyrie

      • Great Mass In C Minor.
      • Philips.

  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (from Four Last Songs)

    • Richard Strauss/Vier Letzte Lieder.
    • Philips.

  • Book Choice

    • The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry - Ted Hughes

  • Luxury Choice

    • A bath

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Chris Patten

Broadcasts

  • Sun 3 Nov 1996 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 8 Nov 1996 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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