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Trevor McDonald

Sue Lawley's castaway is newsreader Trevor McDonald.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week has recently topped the polls as the country's most popular newscaster. He is ITN's Trevor McDonald, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about a West Indian childhood which was dominated by English influences, a career which started in Caribbean local radio and television and how he copes with his emotions when having to report on particularly gruelling news stories.

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

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Opus 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Anthology of Poetry
Luxury: Box of paints, brushes, paper

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40 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Dec 1994 12:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Violin Concerto in D major

      Soloist: Nigel Kennedy Orchestra: NDR Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt

      • EMI Classics.

  • Judy Garland & Fred Astaire

    A Couple Of Swells

    • Singin' In The Rain.
    • MGM.

  • Nina Simone

    Mr Bojangles

    • Here Comes The Sun.
    • RCA.

  • Slinger Francisco

    Capitalism Gone Mad

    • The Mighty Sparrow.
    • JAF.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    March Of Washington 1963

    • I Have A Dream.
    • Twentieth Century Fox.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Bohème

    Soloist: M Caballe, Placido Domingo Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra

    • RCA Classics.

  • JosΓ© Carreras

    O Sole Mio

    • Carreras, Domingo And Pavarotti In Concert.
    • Decca.

  • Crowd at Cardiff Arms Park

    Land Of My Fathers

    • Ansells Artists - The Other Side Of The Dragon.
    • Evolution.

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of Poetry

  • Luxury Choice

    • Box of paints, brushes, paper

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Trevor McDonald

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Apr 1994 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 29 Apr 1994 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 11 Dec 1994 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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