From Beethoven to Nat King Cole. Screen legend Margaret Lockwood shares her castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

One of the most popular British film stars of the 1940s, Margaret Lockwood starred in big screen classics The Lady Vanishes, The Man In Grey and The Wicked Lady.

Born in British India in 1916, she moved to England aged 4, making her stage debut at 12, and later studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

British Lion launched her film career - and she later worked with the Gainsborough film company and Rank.

She worked with directors like Carol Reed and Michael Powell, and opposite actors like Douglas Fairbanks Jnr., Michael Redgrave and James Mason.

A screen beauty, she also was popular with the public for her natural poise and unaffectedly straightforward style.

Margaret was awarded the CBE in 1981, She died aged 73 in 1990.

DISC ONE: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Für Elise - Alfred Brendel
DISC TWO: Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
DISC THREE: Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture - LSO
DISC FOUR: Volare - Marino Marini ed il suo Quartetto
DISC FIVE: Chopin’s Prelude in A major, Op. 287 - John Ogdon
DISC SIX: Eton Boating Song - Eton College Musical Society
DISC SEVEN: Tales From The Vienna Woods - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
DISC EIGHT: Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel

BOOK CHOICE - Encyclopaedia Britannica
LUXURY CHOICE - Piano
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Ludwig van Beethoven’s Für Elise - Alfred Brendel

Producer: Ronald Cook

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

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