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Ned Sherrin

Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster Ned Sherrin.

This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is something of a show business all-rounder - the moving spirit behind Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV's That Was the Week That Was, director of the musical Side by Side by Sondheim and currently presenter of Radio 4's Loose Ends. He is, of course, Ned Sherrin, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his idyllic childhood as a Somerset farmer's son, and the many different turns his life has subsequently taken.

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

Favourite track: As Time Goes By by Elisabeth Welch
Book: No Bed For Bacon by Caryl Brahms
Luxury: Seed potatoes

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Jul 1989 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Peter Dawson

    Up From Somerset

    • Ambassador of Song.
    • HMV.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Elisabeth Welch

      As Time Goes By

      • Elisabeth Welch In Concert.
      • First Night.

  • Erik Satie

    Trois GymnopΓ©dies - No. 1

    Performer: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies and Other Piano Works.
    • Decca.

  • Barbara Windsor

    You Don't Know What It's Like To Fall In Love At 40

    • Sing A Rude Song.
    • Polydor.

  • Cleo Laine

    Woman Talk

    • Spotlight on Cleo Laine.
    • Philips.

  • Millicent Martin

    Side By Side By Side

    • Side By Side By Side.
    • RCA.

  • Patricia Hodge

    Why Do People Fall In Love?

    • Mitford Girls.
    • Philips.

  • Marion Montgomery

    Not Funny

    • Sometimes in the Night.
    • C5.

  • Book Choice

    • No Bed For Bacon - Caryl Brahms

  • Luxury Choice

    • Seed potatoes

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Ned Sherrin

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Jul 1989 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 14 Jul 1989 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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