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Most Rev Robert Runcie

Sue Lawley's castaway is the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Robert Runcie.

The first castaway of 1989 in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's most senior church leaders - the Most Reverend Robert Runcie, the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his Liverpool childhood and his war years when, as a tank commander, he won the military cross.

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

Favourite track: The Sanctus
Book: The Odyssey by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr
Luxury: Rocking chair

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Jan 1989 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures - Sea slumber-song

    Performer: Janet Baker.

  • Fats Waller

    Dinah

  • Regimental Band and the Massed Pipes of the Scots Guards

    Hielan' Laddie

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Love Duet (from La Bohème)

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

  • Gustav Holst & Christina Rossetti

    In The Bleak Midwinter

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vesperae solennes de confessore - Laudate Dominum

    Performer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Mass in B minor - Sanctus

      Performer: Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Field.

  • Book Choice

    • The Odyssey - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr

  • Luxury Choice

    • Rocking chair

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Most Rev Robert Runcie

Broadcasts

  • New Year's Day 1989 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 6 Jan 1989 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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