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Bamber Gascoigne

Michael Parkinson's castaway is broadcaster and writer Bamber Gascoigne.

"My wife and I are great opera buffs" says Bamber Gascoigne, who became a household name when he first became the question master of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ television's University Challenge some 25 years ago. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he looks back on his career as a writer and broadcaster and reveals a novel approach to assembling his package of records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Luxury: Carpentry tools

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Nov 1987 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ottilie Patterson

    Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

  • Karen Moore

    May We Entertain You

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Ah! verranno a te (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

  • Hector Berlioz

    Absence (from Les nuits d'Γ©tΓ©)

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dite alla giovine (from La traviata)

  • Ruth Etting

    Button Up Your Overcoat

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot

  • Book Choice

    • Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne

  • Luxury Choice

    • Carpentry tools

Credits

Presenter Michael Parkinson
Interviewed Guest Bamber Gascoigne

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Nov 1987 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 6 Nov 1987 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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