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Ewan McGregor

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Ewan McGregor.

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the actor Ewan McGregor. In the last 10 years, Ewan McGregor has become a star on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to films such as Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Brassed Off and Star Wars - the Phantom Menace. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Dark Lochnagar by Jimmy O'Brien Moran
Book: In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Chromatic Harmonica

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 4 Jan 2002 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 4 In E flat major

    • Horn Concerto No 4 in E Flat Major.
    • EMI.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Agnus Dei (from Requiem)

    • FaurΓ© Requiem.
    • Decca.

  • Chet Baker

    Alone Together

    • The Art of the Ballad.
    • Prestige.

  • Eddie Vedder

    The Long Road

    • Dead Man Walking.
    • Columbia.

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

    Tin Pan Alley

    • Couldn’t Stand the Weather.
    • Epic.

  • Paice Ashton Lord

    I'm Gonna Stop Drinking

    • Malice In Wonderland.
    • Polydor.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Jimmy O’Brien Moran

      Dark Lochnagar

      • Sean Reid's Favourite.
      • Piping Pig Music.

  • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

    Amazing Grace

    • Farewell to the Greys.
    • RCA.

  • Book Choice

    • A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Chromatic Harmonica

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Ewan McGregor

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Dec 2001 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 4 Jan 2002 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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