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From the Beatles to Beethoven. Harry Potter author JK Rowling shares her castaway choices. With Sue Lawley. From 2000.
From the Beatles to Beethoven.
The writer and creator of Harry Potter, JK Rowling OBE looks back over her life and career and shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
JK’s award-wining fantasy series has sold multi-millions and the books were turned into a popular series of films for the cinema.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.
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