Wendy Richard

EastEnders actress Wendy Richard is castaway by Sue Lawley.

Wendy is one of the best-known faces on British TV.

She talks to Sue Lawley about a career which started with the Arthur Haines show in the 60s, and took her through a whole series of long-running TV programmes - The Newcomers, Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace and Favour.

However, it was 10 years ago that she took the part which was to bring her her greatest popularity - Pauline Fowler in BBC TV's EastEnders.

DISC ONE: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major “Land of Hope and Glory” - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Groves
DISC TWO: In The Mood - Glenn Miller
DISC THREE: Jerusalem - Winchester Cathedral Choir
DISC FOUR: Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler? - Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
DISC FIVE: Léo Delibes’s Flower Duet (from Lakmé) - Jane Berbie, Joan Sutherland
DISC SIX: Maurice Ravel’s Bolero - London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Litton
DISC SEVEN: Arthur Wood’s Barwick Green (The Archers' theme tune) - New Concert Orchestra, conducted by Jay Wilbur
DISC EIGHT: Rule Britannia - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

BOOK CHOICE: Wilt - Tom Sharpe
LUXURY CHOICE: Tapestry to make
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major “Land of Hope and Glory”

Producer: Olivia Seligman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.