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Sue Lawley's castaway is wine expert Oz Clarke.

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Oz Clarke. As a wine expert, he has sipped, slurped and spat his way through thousands of vintages from around the world. Renowned for his enthusiasm for trying new flavours and varieties, his earliest memory is of drinking his mother's damson wine when he was just three years old. And it didn't put him off.

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

Favourite track: Thanks for the Memory by The Mitford Girls Original London Stage Cast
Book: French Provincial Cookery by Elizabeth David
Luxury: His memory

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Dec 1999 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion - Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder

    • St Matthews Passion.
    • Vanguard.

  • Elvis Presley

    King Creole

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Bohème)

    • La Boheme.
    • HMV.

  • Len Cariou

    Final Sequence from Sweeney Todd

    • Sweeney Todd, Original Cast Recording.
    • RCA.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • The Mitford Girls Original London Stage Cast

      Thanks for the Memory

      • The Mitford Girls.
      • Philips.

  • John Langstaff

    She Moved Through The Fair

    • John Langstaff Sings.
    • HMV.

  • Tom Waits

    The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)

    • Small Change.
    • Elektra / Asylum Records.

  • Crowd at Cardiff Arms Park in 1953

    Bread of Heaven (Cym Rhondda) - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ SOUND ARCHIVE

  • Book Choice

    • French Provincial Cookery - Elizabeth David

  • Luxury Choice

    • His memory

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Oz Clarke

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Dec 1999 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 17 Dec 1999 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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