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Sarah Miles

Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Sarah Miles.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the actress Sarah Miles. Discovered at the tender age of 18 by Sir Laurence Olivier, and picked by him to play opposite him in Term of Trial, she went on to entertain and entrance in films like The Servant, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and, perhaps most famously, Ryan's Daughter. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her professional and private life - both of which have been characterised by a fair degree of turmoil and turbulence.

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

Favourite track: Negro Spiritual by Miles
Book: I Ching
Luxury: Word processor

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Feb 1990 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Miles

      Negro Spiritual

  • NoΓ«l Coward

    Mad Dogs and Englishmen

    • The Compact Crowd.
    • EMI.

  • Johnnie Ray

    Such A Night

    • American Legend: Johnnie Ray.
    • CBS.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Love For Sale

    • The Cole Porter Songbook.
    • Verve.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major 'Turkish'

    Soloist: Anne-Sophie Mutter Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Violin Concerto No 5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    You Can Get It If You Really Want It

    • The Harder They Come.
    • Mango.

  • The Orphans

    Bull Elephant Trumpeting

  • CWS (Manchester) Band

    Stars And Stripes Forever

    • International Marches.
    • Fontana.

  • Book Choice

    • I Ching

  • Luxury Choice

    • Word processor

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Sarah Miles

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 Feb 1990 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 9 Feb 1990 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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