Jamie Dornan, actor
Jamie Dornan, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Jamie Dornan is an actor who first came to the attention of television audiences in 2013 when he played serial killer Paul Spector in the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ series the Fall. Two years later he starred alongside Dakota Johnson in the film Fifty Shades of Grey and went on to play the same part in the rest of the trilogy. In 2022 he was the lead in the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ drama the Tourist which was watched by millions of viewers and recently returned for its second season.
Jamie was born in Holywood in County Down. At 10 he played Widow Twankey in the school pantomime - a defining moment for him when he experienced the thrill of playing to a live audience.
After dropping out of university Jamie became a model and worked on big campaigns for some leading fashion brands before landing his first acting part in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette in 2006. His role in the Fall was his big break and the Fifty Shades films catapulted him to movie star status.
In 2021 he played Pa in the film Belfast which was written and directed by Kenneth Branagh about his own childhood, growing up at the beginning of the Troubles.
Jamie is married to the musician and composer Amelia Warner and they have three children.
DISC ONE: Caravan - Van Morrison
DISC TWO: Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Composed by Philip Glass and performed by Adele Anthony (violin) and Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Takuo Yuasa
DISC THREE: ±á´Ç±è±èñè´Ç±ô±ô²¹ - Sigur Rós
DISC FOUR: Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
DISC FIVE: Metarie - Brendan Benson
DISC SIX: Forever – The Beach Boys
DISC SEVEN: Something - The Beatles
DISC EIGHT: The Whole of the Moon – The Waterboys
BOOK CHOICE: Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
LUXURY ITEM: A golf club and balls
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Forever – The Beach Boys
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Music Played
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Van Morrison
Caravan
- Moondance.
- Warner Bros. Records.
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Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Quarter Note = 108
Performer: Adele Anthony. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.- GLASS, P.: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Company / Prelude from Akhnaten (Anthony, Uls.
- Naxos.
- 6.
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Sigur Rós
±á´Ç±è±èñè´Ç±ô±ô²¹
- Takk....
- Parlophone UK.
- 3.
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Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Bridge Over Troubled Water.
- Columbia.
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Brendan Benson
Metarie
- Lapalco.
- UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
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The Beach Boys
Forever
- Sunflower.
- Capitol Records.
- 9.
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The Beatles
Something
- Abbey Road.
- George Harrison.
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The Waterboys
The Whole of the Moon
- This Is the Sea.
- Chrysalis Records.
- 2.
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- Sun 28 Jan 2024 11:15³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4
- Fri 2 Feb 2024 09:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4
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