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Glenys Kinnock

Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Glenys Kinnock.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Glenys Kinnock. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her upbringing in Wales, her role during the years of Neil Kinnock's leadership of the Labour Party and her own reincarnation as a politician on the European stage as an MEP.

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

Favourite track: Was A Sunny Day by Paul Simon
Book: Atlas of the Third World
Luxury: Toilet bag full of skin-barrier creams

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Fri 25 Nov 199409:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Paul Simon

      Was A Sunny Day

      • Rhymin' Simon.
      • Warner Brothers.

  • Thomas Thomas

    Dafydd Y Garreg Wen

    • Songs Of Wales - Volume 2.
    • Qualiton.

  • Tammy Wynette

    Stand By Your Man

    • Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968/Various.
    • Rhino.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Act 1 Duet (from Madama Butterfly)

    Soloist: Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Scotto Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Rome Opera Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli

    • Puccini - Madame Butterfly - Scotto/Bergonzi.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' - Ode to Joy

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: George Solti

    • World Of Beethoven - Ashenkazy/Solti.
    • Decca.

  • Dory Previn

    Mythical Kings And Iguanas

    • Dory Previn - In Search Of Mythical Kings.
    • EMI.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major - 3rd movement

    Soloist: Nigel Kennedy Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt

    • Brahms: Violin Concerto - Kennedy/Tennstedt.
    • EMI.

  • Thuli Dumakuda

    Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika

    • Cry Freedom - Original Soundtrack.
    • MCA.

  • Book Choice

    • Atlas of the Third World

  • Luxury Choice

    • Toilet bag full of skin-barrier creams

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestGlenys Kinnock

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Nov 199412:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 25 Nov 199409:05
    BBC Radio 4

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