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Alan Yentob

Sue Lawley's castaway is the Controller of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1 - Alan Yentob.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Controller of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1, Alan Yentob. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his upbringing in Manchester and London, the Cathedral boarding school where he and his twin brother were the only two Jewish boys and his 27 years at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

During that time he rose steadily through the ranks to become Head of Music and Arts, ending up as the only person to have run both Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2.

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

Favourite track: Four Last Songs from Beim Schlafengehen by Richard Strauss
Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne
Luxury: Video recorder

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Oct 1995 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Act 1 Duet (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Carlo Bergonzi, Maria Callas

    • Tosca.
    • EMI.

  • Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

    Some Enchanted Evening

    Artist: Giorgio Tozzi

    • South Pacific.
    • RCA.

  • Billie Holiday

    Strange Fruit

    • Fine And Mellow.
    • Commodore.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Let It Be Me

    • Ace.

  • Sir George Benjamin

    A Mind Of Winter

    Soloist: Penelope Walmsley-Clark Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

    • Orchestral Works.
    • Nimbus Records.

  • Hank Williams

    Your Cheating Heart

    • More Hank Williams And Strings.
    • MGM.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)

    Soloist: Agnes Baltsa, Margaret Marshall, Jose Van Dam

    • Cosi fan Tutte.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Richard Strauss

      Beim Schlafengehen (from Four Last Songs)

      Soloist: Jessye Norman Orchestra: The Gewandhaus Orchestra

      • Four Last Songs.
      • Philips.

  • Book Choice

    • Essays - Michel de Montaigne

  • Luxury Choice

    • Video recorder

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Alan Yentob

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Oct 1995 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 13 Oct 1995 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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