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Glenda Jackson MP

Sue Lawley's castaway is transport minister Glenda Jackson.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the politician and Transport Minister Glenda Jackson. Politics is her third job. At 16, she left school to work in Boots. But it was as an actor that she reached the pinnacle of her profession, becoming an international star and winning Oscars for her roles in Women in Love and A Touch of Class. On television, she was the formidable Elizabeth R, but won our hearts as Cleopatra in Morecambe & Wise. Despite her vast acting experience, she admits that when she came to make her maiden speech in the House of Commons she had the worst attack of stage fright in her long career.

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

Favourite track: War Requiem Libera Me by Benjamin Britten
Book: The History and Creation of a Japanese Sand Garden
Luxury: A bath

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Fri 2 Jan 1998 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony Of Psalms

    Orchestra: CBC Symphony Orchestra Choir: Festival Singers Of Toronto Conductor: Igor Stravinsky

    • Symphonies.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Elvis Presley

    Hound Dog

  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony

    • The Chairman Dances.
    • Elektra/Nonesuch.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 7 in C major 'Leningrad'

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

    • Symphony No 7 'Leningrad'.
    • Collins Classics.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Benjamin Britten

      Libera me (from War Requiem)

      Orchestra: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Simon Rattle

      • War Requiem.
      • EMI.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Talking Book.
    • Motown.

  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    • Tippett Conducts Tippett.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Book Choice

    • The History and Creation of a Japanese Sand Garden

  • Luxury Choice

    • A bath

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Glenda Jackson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Dec 1997 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 2 Jan 1998 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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