Cath Kidston

From The Rolling Stones to Monty Python.

Designer Cath Kidston shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

Cheerful and practical, Cath's products nod towards the 1950s. She began with ironing board covers but these days you can listen to a radio decorated with one of her designs, pitch one of her tents or decorate the children's bedroom with her cowboy wallpaper.

In her own room as a child, she used to play at keeping shop.

"I really felt, from very, very early on, I was onto something with the notion of what I was doing," she says. "I remember feeling I'd really overstepped the mark when I opened my second shop - thinking, that's probably going a stage too far."

DISC ONE: Little Red Rooster The Rolling Stones
DISC TWO: Cheek to Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
DISC THREE: Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
DISC FOUR: In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
DISC FIVE: Can’t Let Go - Lucinda Williams
DISC SIX: Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
DISC SEVEN: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python
DISC EIGHT: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan

BOOK CHOICE -Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
LUXURY CHOICE - The Larousse French/English dictionary
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Luxury: A hot water bottle

Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.