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Max Hastings

Michael Parkinson's castaway is Editor of the Daily Telegraph Max Hastings.

Max Hastings is the new editor of the Daily Telegraph. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about the influence of his father, MacDonald Hastings, about his life as a journalist, first on Londoner's Diary, then as a war correspondent in the Middle East and the Falklands, and he 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: The Tonight Programme by McDonald Hastings
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Word processor linked to a Fleet Street newspaper

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 20 Jun 1986 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • McDonald Hastings

      The Tonight Programme

  • Band of HM Royal Marines Commando Forces

    Sailing

    • and The Band Played On.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When I was a lad (from HMS Pinafore)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Up, Up and Away

    • Valley of the Dolls.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    L'Elisir d'amore

  • Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

    Hippopotamus Song

    • At The Drop of a Hat.

  • The Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band

    The Flowers Of The Forest

    • Parade of the Pipes.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cosi fan tutte

  • Book Choice

    • The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

  • Luxury Choice

    • Word processor linked to a Fleet Street newspaper

Credits

Presenter Michael Parkinson
Interviewed Guest Max Hastings

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 Jun 1986 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 20 Jun 1986 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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