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Malcolm Bradbury

Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and writer Malcolm Bradbury.

Malcolm Bradbury is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia, but he is better known perhaps for his novels, The History Man and Eating People is Wrong, and for his academic books on literature. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Don Giovanni Act 1 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
Luxury: Word processor

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55 minutes

Last on

Fri 26 Aug 1983 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Max Adrian

    Candide - The Best Of All Possible Worlds

    Artist: Barbara Cook

  • Lotte Lenya

    Alabama Song

  • Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

    The Reluctant Cannibal

  • Rick Davies

    Breakfast In America

    Artist: Rodger Hodgson, etc.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Don Giovanni Act 1

      Soloist: Wachter, Sciutti Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

  • O Superman

  • Kate Bush

    Army Dreamers

  • Airbridge

    Words and Pictures

    Artist: Airbridge

  • Book Choice

    • If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino

  • Luxury Choice

    • Word processor

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Malcolm Bradbury

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Aug 1983 18:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 26 Aug 1983 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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