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Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP

Sue Lawley's castaway is Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he was an early 'fast-track' pupil - going to Edinburgh University at 16 - their youngest student for 50 years, about the reasons behind his standing aside in favour of Tony Blair in the contest for the Labour leadership, and about his childhood as one of three sons of a Scottish minister.

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

Favourite track: Suite No. 3 in D major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Story of Art by Sir Ernst Gombrich
Luxury: Tennis ball machine and racket

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Fri 8 Mar 199609:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • John Goss/Edward Caswall

    See Amid The Winter's Snow

    • Christmastide: Jessye Norman.
    • Philips.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Suite No. 3 in D major

      • EMI.

  • The Beatles

    Hey Jude

    • Hey Jude/Revolution.
    • Parlophone.

  • Kenna Campbell

    Twenty-Third Psalm In Gaelic

    • None.

  • Runrig

    Loch Lomond

    • Once In A Lifetime.
    • Chrysalis.

  • George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa

    Cry Freedom

    • Cry Freedom - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • MCA.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    Days

    • Galore.
    • Virgin.

  • Liverpool Cathedral Choir

    Jerusalem

    • Your Favourite Hymns.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Book Choice

    • The Story of Art - Sir Ernst Gombrich

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tennis ball machine and racket

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestGordon Brown

Broadcasts

  • Sun 3 Mar 199612:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 8 Mar 199609:05
    BBC Radio 4

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