Main content

Richard Briers

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Richard Briers.

Favourite track: The Cuckoo and the Nightingale by George Frideric Handel
Book: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Luxury: A huge supply of Chardonnay

Available now

45 minutes

Last on

Fri 22 Dec 2000 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

Tim Smit

Next

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

See all episodes from Desert Island Discs

Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)

    Soloist: Enrico Caruso

    • Enrico Caruso Opera Arias.
    • Nimbus.

  • Al Jolson

    I Feel A Song Coming On

    • I Feel A Song Coming On.
    • DJM.

  • Louis Armstrong

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    • Hits of 37/Various Artists.
    • ASV.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major 'Trout' - 2nd movement

    Soloist: Alfred Brendel

    • Piano Sonata D.959.
    • Philips.

  • Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan

    The White Box of Greatbardfield

    • You Can't Get The Wood You Know.
    • ZΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

  • Patrick Doyle

    Henry V Soundtrack

    Soloist: Patrick Doyle Choir: Stephen Hill Singers

    • Henry V Original Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • George Frideric Handel

      Organ Concerto in F major 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'

      Soloist: George Malcolm Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner

      • George Frederic Handel 1685-1759.
      • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B flat major for 13 Wind Instruments

    Orchestra: Amadeus Winds Conductor: Christopher Hogwood

    • Serenade in B flat.
    • Oiseau Lyre.

  • Book Choice

    • Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

  • Luxury Choice

    • A huge supply of Chardonnay

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Richard Briers

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Dec 2000 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 22 Dec 2000 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Featured in...

The Desert Island Discs podcast

The Desert Island Discs podcast

Subscribe or download individual episodes.

Listen to over 2,000 programmes

Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.

Articles

Read the surprising things we've learned about some stand-out castaways.

Podcast