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Marti Caine

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor and musician Marti Caine.

This week's castaway in Desert Island Discs is the entertainer Marti Caine. Although her public life is one as comedienne, television presenter, star of a sit-com series, singer and glamorous pantomime performer, Marti Caine's private life is one that is very different. Her father died when she was seven, she was taken into care before she was 10, her first marriage broke up, and then, about four years ago, she was diagnosed as suffering from cancer of the lymph glands. She talks about the way in which she's coped with all these things and the way her sense of humour helped her through.

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

Favourite track: Thanksong by Dave Grusin
Book: A DIY manual
Luxury: Do-it-yourself solar-powered kit

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Mar 1991 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Orchestra: The London Philharmonic

    • Works By Prokofiev Ravel & Gershwin.
    • EMI.

  • The Choir And Congregation Of The Royal Naval Chapel

    People That On Earth Do Dwell

    • Sing With Us/20 Favourite Hymns.
    • Abbey.

  • Andrew Timothy

    The Shipping Forecast

    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service 1956.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radioplay.

  • Thornhall

    Snowfall

    Choir: The Singers Unlimited

    • The Singers Unlimited/ Four Of Us.
    • Basf.

  • Toto

    Rosanna

    • Toto/ Past To Present (1977-1990).
    • CBS.

  • Tony Hancock

    Test Pilot Sketch (from Hancock's Half Hour)

    • Golden Hour Of Tony Hancock.
    • Golden Hour.

  • Helen Reddy

    Showbiz

    • Helen Reddy/Free And Easy.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Dave Grusin

      Thanksong

      • Dave Grusin/Mountain Dance.
      • GRP.

  • Book Choice

    • A DIY manual

  • Luxury Choice

    • Do-it-yourself solar-powered kit

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Marti Caine

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Mar 1991 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 29 Mar 1991 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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