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Desert Island Discs
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This Week's Guest:
Joanna Lumley
13 May 2007
Repeated
18 May 2007 |
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Joanna's Choice |
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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the actress Joanna Lumley.
She first found fame as the high-kicking glamour-puss Purdey in the 1970s show The New Avengers, but the role that cemented her in the nation's psyche was Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
A striking beauty with a cut glass accent she had, until then, been cast as a certain sort of sexy toff. Yet in AbFab she stole the show as a shallow, free-loading, alcoholic has-been - famous for her towering chignon and withering one liners.
Along with displaying a formidable comic talent it was a role that toyed cleverly with her public persona, hinting at her own beginnings as model at the precise moment in the '60s when London really started to swing.
As she contemplates being marooned, she abandons the make-up and glamour of her on-screen life and embraces island living - collecting firewood, eating from shells and preparing her evening fire before the moon rises and she chooses the eight tracks that she would like to hear during a single island day. |
1. The Overture to Tannhauser
Performer Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink
Composer Wagner
CD Title Tannhauser
Track 1
Label EMI
Rec No 7472968
2. Tom Bowling
Performer Iestyn Edwards
Composer Dibdin arr. Power
CD Title The Battle of the Breeze – a Celebration of the Sailor
Track 4
Label www.iestynedwards.com
3. Symphony No 7 in A Major
Performer Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Composer Beethoven
CD Title Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 7
Track 7
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Rec No 4151212
4.Last Christmas
Performer Wham
Composer George Michael
CD Title The Best Christmas...ever!
Track 2
Label Virgin
Rec No 83930425
5. Per Che Tarda La Luna - The Hymn to the Moon
Performer Chorus and Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Composer Puccini
CD Title Turandot (Highlights)
Track 2
Label EMI
Rec No 7647682
6. The Girl of My Best Friend
Performer Elvis Presley
Composer Ross/Bobrick
CD Title Always on My Mind
Track 6
Label RCA
Rec No 1489842
7. Stardust
Performer Nat King Cole
Composer Hoagy Carmichael
CD Title Capitol Sings Hoagy Carmichael
Track 1
Label EMI
Rec No 8325922
8. Symphony No.2 in D Major
Performer Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
Composer Sibelius
CD Title Sibelius Symphony No 2
Track 3
Label Menuet
Rec No 1600232
Record: Beethoven
Book: A huge Atlas
Luxury: Video camera and film
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