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John Pilger

Sue Lawley's castaway is journalist John Pilger.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the journalist John Pilger. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his arrival in this country from Australia 28 years ago, and how he went on to become one of the best-known and often most contentious foreign correspondents on the Daily Mirror during the 1960s. His reporting of events from all over the world, but most notably Cambodia, has brought him fame and admiration, as well as criticism and controversy for his campaigning style. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about these issues.

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

Favourite track: Blue Moon Of Kentucky by Elvis Presley
Book: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Luxury: Typewriter

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Feb 1990 09:05
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Buffy Sainte‐Marie

    Universal Soldier

    • The Best Of Buffy Sainte-Marie Vol 1.
    • Vanguard.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie Overture

    Orchestra: The Academy Of St Martins In The Fields

    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Blue Moon Of Kentucky

  • The Dubliners

    Kelly, The Boy From Killan

    • More Of The Hard Stuff/ The Dubliners.
    • Starline.

  • Carlos MejΓ­a Godoy

    No Pasaran

    • Festival De La Neuva Cancion.

  • Robert Cray

    Nothing But A Woman

    • Robert Cray/ Strong Persuader.
    • Mercury.

  • Γ‰dith Piaf

    La Vie En Rose

    • Sophisticated Ladies, Vol 2.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • The Temptations Original Lead Singers

    My Girl

    • 16 Big Hits From The Early 60s.
    • Tamla Mowtown.

  • Book Choice

    • Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest John Pilger

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Feb 1990 12:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 23 Feb 1990 09:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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