Sue Lawley's castaway is the journalist Taki.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is proud to describe himself as a playboy - he is Taki Theodoracopulos - the millionaire journalist who pens the Spectator's High Life column every week. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his boyhood in Greece, where his father was a self-made shipping magnate, his subsequent life of tennis and nightclubs with the international jet-set and the abrupt end to this existence when he spent two months in Pentonville Prison after being found in possession of cocaine at Heathrow Airport.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Lilli Marlene by German Soldiers
Book: Essential Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway
Luxury: Boxing punchbag
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Al Bowlly
Easy Come Easy Go
- Pennies From Heaven.
- BBC.
Castaway's Favourite
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German Soldiers
Lilli Marlene
- Cetra.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni)
- Don Giovanni.
- Erato.
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Artie Shaw
Begin the Beguine
- Cole Porter Original Casts Centenary Tribute.
- Flapper.
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Ethel Merman
You're The Top
- Cole Porter Original Casts Centenary Tribute.
- Flapper.
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Johann Strauss
Radetzky March
- Radetzky March.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Louis Armstrong
West End Blues
- Louis Armstrong Great Original Performances 1923.
- BBC.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Voi che sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro)
- Le Nozze De Figaro.
- Decca.
Book Choice
Essential Hemingway - Ernest Hemingway
Luxury Choice
Boxing punchbag
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Taki |
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 Nov 199312:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 3 Dec 199309:05BBC Radio 4
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