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Reverend David Jenkins

Sue Lawley's castaway is Lord Bishop of Durham Reverend David Jenkins.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of Britain's most well-known church leaders, the Right Reverend David Jenkins, the Lord Bishop of Durham. At the age of 60, after a career spent mainly as an academic theologian, he was catapulted into controversy: his views on the virgin birth and the resurrection caused outrage, and his opinions on the divisions between rich and poor infuriated politicians.

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his surprise at the controversies he caused, and the faith which helped him to remain steadfast through the storm.

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

Favourite track: The Sanctus (Harmoniemesse) by Franz Joseph Haydn
Book: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Luxury: Binoculars

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Jan 1992 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    A nice dilemma we have here (from Trial by Jury)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.
    • Trail By Jury.
    • London.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Exsultate, jubilate

    • Mozart.
    • Philips.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Acceleration Waltz

    • Waltzing In Vienna.
    • World Record Club.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Figlia! a tal nome io palpito (from Simon Boccanegra)

    • EMI.

  • A Recording From A Swiss Village

    On Top Of The Mountains

    • Columbia.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E minor

    • EMI.

  • Thomas Tomkins

    My Shepherd Is The Loving Lord

    • Tudor Choral Music In Magdalen College.
    • Eclipse.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Joseph Haydn

      Sanctus (from Mass in B flat major 'Harmoniemesse')

      • Decca.

  • Book Choice

    • Complete Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Luxury Choice

    • Binoculars

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Reverend David Jenkins

Broadcasts

  • Sun 19 Jan 1992 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 24 Jan 1992 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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