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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: Petula Clark

24/12/1995

Petula Clark

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Sue Lawley's castaway is singer Petula Clark

Sue Lawley's castaway is singer Petula Clark.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is an entertainer who has managed to captivate a generation. Petula Clark will be talking to Sue Lawley about how the British still perceive her as 'our pet' since her early singing days when she was chosen to sing in Trafalgar Square on VE night. Now, arguably the biggest female recording star Britain has ever produced, she is about to take on the lead role in Sunset Boulevard in the West End. In between, hits like The Little Shoemaker, Down Town and Don't Sleep in the Subway ensured she became an international star as well - captivating audiences in America and France.

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

Favourite track: Piano Concerto 21 in C K 467 - Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A title by Peter Ustinov
Luxury: Her piano

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Christmas 1995

Christmas 1995

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A Christmas spent in Vermont, the joy of experiencing absolute silence and the progress of the federal government shutdown are discussed by Alistair Cooke.

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