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Dr Jane Goodall

Sue Lawley's castaway is primatologist Dr Jane Goodall.

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Dr. Jane Goodall. She had no formal scientific qualifications when she first went to Africa to study the Gombe chimpanzees. But it was this lack of preconceptions which made her so successful as a naturalist. Watching chimps use sticks to extract termites from their mounds she realised that she was about to smash the assumption that only humans used tools. Now, forty years after she first stepped into the bush, she describes how she has halted her patient study of the chimpanzees to fight for their survival.

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

Favourite track: Under the Milk Wood by Richard Burton
Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Pencil and paper

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Jan 2000 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Cello Concerto in B minor

    Soloist: Jacqueline De Pre Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

    • Dvorak & Haydn Cello Concertos.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.27/2 'Moonlight'

    Soloist: Daniel Barenboim

    • Beethoven: Samtliche Kalviersonaten Vol.2.
    • EMI.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

    • Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Concertos pour violon.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Dylan Thomas

      Under Milk Wood - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ARCHIVE

      Artist: Richard Burton

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

    Soloist: Helmut Walcha

    • Organ Works Vol.1.
    • Archiv.

  • Narrator

    Memory (from Cats)

    Soloist: Elaine Paige

    • Cats.
    • Polydor.

  • Howard Blake

    Walking in the Air

    • The Snowman.
    • CBS.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Luciano Pavarotti Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Conductor: Zubin Mehta

    • Carreras /Domingo / Pavarotti in Concert.
    • Decca.

  • Book Choice

    • The Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien

  • Luxury Choice

    • Pencil and paper

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Dr Jane Goodall

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Jan 2000 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 14 Jan 2000 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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