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Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Desert Island Discs Revisited, Christopher Lee

Actor Christopher Lee is castaway by Sue Lawley.

4 Extra Debut. From Handel to Wagner. Hammer Horror actor Christopher Lee shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From 1995.

From George Frederic Handel to Richard Wagner. Actor Christopher Lee makes his castaway choices.

Christopher Lee is British cinema's king of horror - with his roles in the Hammer House films and The Wicker Man.

He talks with Sue Lawley about his disappointment at not being able to follow what he considers his true vocation, that of an opera singer, and about his 50-year career which has encompassed 230 films, 27 plays and numerous radio and TV appearances.

DISC ONE: La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach sung by Jussi Björling
Disc TWO:  Si, pel ciel (Oath duet) (from Otello) by Giuseppe Verdi sung by Enrico Caruso
DISC FOUR: The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner sung by Herman Uhde
DISC FIVE: Rinaldo by George Frederic Handel sung by Samuel Ramey
DISC SIX: Brünnhilde, heilige Braut! (from Götterdämmerung) by Richard Wagner sung by Lauritz Melchior
DISC SEVEN: Scintille, diamant (from Tales Of Hoffmann) by Jacques Offenbach sung by Sherrill Milnes
DISC EIGHT: Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sung by Ezio Pinza 

BOOK CHOICE: The Sword In The Stone - T H White
LUXURY ITEM: A set of golf clubs
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Rinaldo by George Frederic Handel

Presenter: Sue Lawley

Producer: Olivia Seligman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.

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