Dame Joan Bakewell
Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell. Born in Stockport in 1933, it was in the 1960s that she first started to shape the cultural agenda, interviewing the likes of Kingsley Amis and Stockhausen for the radical 成人论坛 TV show Late Night Line-Up. It was also during the 1960s that she had an affair with Harold Pinter, a relationship which inspired his play Betrayal. Looking back on it now from the age of 76, she says, "We always said we had a damn good time".
Now appointed as the Voice of Older People by Gordon Brown, her passion for debate and social change is as strong as ever. She says she has always regarded the world to be improved and is not afraid of being called a wishy-washy liberal. "It's a good thing to do," she says, "you feel you can be part of change."
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: An abundance of paper and pencils.
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Music Played
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Jimi Hendrix
Voodoo Chile
- The Old Gold Collection - 70s Number Ones Vol. 4.
- Old Gold.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem In Alium
Choir: Tallis Scholars Conductor: Peter Phillips
- Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium.
- Gimell.
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Richard Strauss
Marie Theres'! Hab' mir's gelobt (Act 3 Trio) (from Der Rosenkavalier)
Soloist: Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Teresa Stich-Randall
- Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier:.
- EMI.
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Peggy Lee
Where Or When (from Babes In Arms)
Artist: The Benny Goodman Sextet
- Peggy Lee: In the Beginning.
- Flapper.
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Bob Dylan
Blowin' In The Wind
- Bob Dylan: Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C Major
Soloist: Mstislav Rostropovich Orchestra: Emerson String Quartet
- Schubert: String Quartet: Emerson String Quartet/Mstislav Rostropovich.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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William Shakespeare
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? (Sonnet 18)
Performer: Judi Dench
- The Nation鈥檚 Love Poems.
- 成人论坛.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Dawn
Orchestra: The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden Conductor: Benjamin Britten
- Peter Grimes.
- Decca.
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Book Choice
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War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
Luxury Choice
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An abundance of paper and pencils
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Joan Bakewell |
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Aug 2009 10:00成人论坛 Radio 4 LW
- Sun 9 Aug 2009 11:15成人论坛 Radio 4 FM
- Fri 14 Aug 2009 09:00成人论坛 Radio 4
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