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Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

Private Passions: Roger Moore

Roger Moore

28/12/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Roger Moore

Michael Berkeley's guest is actor Roger Moore.

Michael Berkeley's guest is actor Roger Moore. His musical selection includes violinists Julian Rachlin and Janine Jansen, soprano Joan Sutherland and Verdi's La Traviata.

James Bond, Simon Templar... Michael Berkeley's guest today can only be Roger Moore. He played Bond for twelve years, in seven films, more than any other actor. And before that he was a much-loved figure throughout the 1960s as The Saint. In fact he's rarely been off the big and small screens since he began his acting career in 1945, working as an extra alongside his idol Stewart Granger in Caesar and Cleopatra.

What's less well known about Roger is his passion for music. He counts many musicians among his friends and has chosen music performed by two of them - Julian Rachlin and Janine Jansen, who reflect his passion for strings. His other great love is opera, and he entertains us with stories about music from his heroine Joan Sutherland, as well as La Traviata, a piece of music connected with one of his earlier film roles. 

And he shares the secret of how, after 86 years of mostly star-studded living, he?s managed to keep his feet on the ground. 

Producer: Jane Greenwood.

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