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Frances Edmonds

Michael Parkinson's castaway is writer Frances Edmonds.

Frances Edmonds accompanied her husband Phil on two tours with the England cricket team and wrote books about the trips. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she talks about the reaction she got from the chauvinistic world of cricketers and cricket writers, and also looks back on her schooldays at an Ursuline convent and at her career as an interpreter.

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

Favourite track: Panis Angelicus by CΓ©sar Franck
Book: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Luxury: Bollinger '69

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Aug 1987 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' - 4th movement

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Three little maids from school (from The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Dire Straits

    Brothers In Arms

  • Γ‰dith Piaf

    Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

  • Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson

    I Know Him So Well

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • CΓ©sar Franck

      Panis Angelicus

  • Book Choice

    • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bollinger '69

Credits

Presenter Michael Parkinson
Interviewed Guest Frances Edmonds

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Aug 1987 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 14 Aug 1987 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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