Desert Island Discs Revisited

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Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Absent Friends 2023: Glenda Jackson CBE

Glenda Jackson CBE

Absent Friends 2023

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Actress turned politician Glenda Jackson is castaway by Sue Lawley.

4 Extra Debut. From Benjamin Britten to Tina Turner. Actress turned MP, Glenda Jackson shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From 1997.

Politician and Transport Minister Glenda Jackson is castaway by Sue Lawley.  

Politics is Glenda's third job. At 16, she left school to work in Boots. But it was as an actress that she reached the pinnacle of her profession, becoming an international star and winning Oscars for her roles in Women in Love and A Touch of Class. 

On TV, she was the formidable Elizabeth R, but won our hearts as Cleopatra in Morecambe & Wise. 

Despite her vast acting experience, she admits that when she came to make her maiden speech in the House of Commons she had the worst attack of stage fright in her long career.

DISC ONE: Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner
DISC TWO: Igor Stravinsky's Symphony Of Psalms - CBC Symphony Orchestra Choir with Festival Singers Of Toronto, conducted by Igor Stravinsky
DISC THREE: Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
DISC FOUR: John Adams's The Chairman Dances - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
DISC FIVE: Dmitry Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major: "Leningrad" - London Symphony Orchestra
DISC SIX: Benjamin Britten's Libera me (from War Requiem) - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle
DISC SEVEN: Superstition - Stevie Wonder
DISC EIGHT: Michael Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra - Scottish Chamber Orchestra

BOOK CHOICE: The History and Creation of a Japanese Sand Garden  
LUXURY CHOICE: A bath   
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Benjamin Britten's Libera me (from War Requiem) - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle

Producer: Angie Nehring

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Absent Friends 2023

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