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Desert Island Discs

Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: John Schlesinger

13/10/1991

John Schlesinger

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Sue Lawley's castaway is director John Schlesinger

Sue Lawley's castaway is director John Schlesinger.

The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the film director John Schlesinger. Like many other British filmmakers, he learnt his craft at the BBC but soon moved on to directing feature films including A Kind of Loving, Far From the Madding Crowd and the Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his long and successful career, the controversy he caused with his films Darling and Sunday Bloody Sunday and choosing eight records to take to his island exile.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] 

Favourite track: Zueignung by Richard Strauss
Book: Dictonary of English Quotations
Luxury: Magimix (battery-powered )

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Anita Hill vs Judge Clarence Thomas

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The conclusion of the Anita Hill vs Judge Clarence Thomas sexual harassment case.

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