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Sir Roger Bannister

Sue Lawley's castaway is record-breaking runner and neurologist Sir Roger Bannister.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Roger Bannister, the man who first ran the four-minute mile. Now an eminent neurologist, he is as proud of his research during the last 15 years into the effects of low blood pressure, as he is of his achievements on the athletics field.

Master of Pembroke College, he's taken up sculling, and with a night school qualification in navigation as well, he'll be telling Sue Lawley how he plans to escape from the desert island.

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

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Anthology of Russian, American & English Stories
Luxury: Solar-powered receiver to receive Radio 4

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 21 Feb 1992 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Violin Concerto in D Major

      Soloist: Kyung Wha Chung Orchestra: The Vienna Philharmonic Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin

      • Beethoven: Violin Concerto.
      • Decca.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Franchigia a Floria Tosca (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Placido Domingo, Renate Scotto Orchestra: The Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: James Levine

    • Puccini: Tosca.
    • EMI.

  • Risky Business

    Risky Business

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: The Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

    • Dvorak: Symphony No 9.
    • CBS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The spacious firmament on high (from Noye's Fludde)

    Orchestra: An East Suffolk Children's Orchestra Conductor: Norman Del Mar

    • Britten: Noye's Fludde/The Golden Vanity.
    • London.

  • Gustav Holst & Christina Rossetti

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    Soloist: Jeremy Pound Choir: The Choir Of New College Oxford

    • Carols From New College.
    • CRD.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Toy Symphony

    Soloist: Roger Bannister Orchestra: The Princeton Chamber Orchestra

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation

    Orchestra: The Chorus & Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Mariner

    • The Creation Haydn.
    • Philips.

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of Russian, American & English Stories

  • Luxury Choice

    • Solar-powered receiver to receive Radio 4

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Roger Bannister

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Feb 1992 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 21 Feb 1992 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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