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Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster Kate Adie.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the pleasures and perils of a job which has taken her to some of the world's most dangerous trouble spots. She'll also be describing how she felt when she was recently reunited with her natural mother after having been happily brought up by her adoptive family in Sunderland.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 6 In E Minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury: Large Victorian bath with claw feet

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40 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Feb 1995 12:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

    • Menuhin: The Early Victor Recordings.
    • Biddulph.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    L' Antouèno (from Songs of the Auvergne)

    Soloist: Kiri Te Kanawa Orchestra: The English Chamber Orchestra

    • London.

  • Carl Orff

    Estuans interius (from Carmina Burana)

    Soloist: Thomas Allen Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn

    • Carmina Burana.
    • HMV.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent

    • EMI.

  • Genesis

    Follow You Follow Me

    • And Then There Were Three.
    • Charisma.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Bohème Act 1 (finale)

    Soloist: Barbara Hendricks, Jose Carreras Orchestra: The French National Radio Orchestra Conductor: James Conlon

    • CFP.

  • Durham Cathedral Choir

    I Wonder As I Wander

    • Carols From Durham Cathedral.
    • Abbey.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Symphony No. 6 in E minor

      Conductor: Neville Marriner Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields

      • Collins Classics.

  • Book Choice

    • Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Luxury Choice

    • Large Victorian bath with claw feet

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Kate Adie

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 May 1994 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 20 May 1994 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 5 Feb 1995 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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