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Sue Lawley's castaway is jockey and racing journalist Lord Oaksey.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the jockey and racing journalist Lord Oaksey. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he decided to give up a career in the law to become a junior racing correspondent on the Daily Telegraph and about his time as an amateur jockey when he rode 200 winners and nearly won the Grand National in 1963.

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

Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry
Book: Mr Mulliner's Memoirs by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Cargo of champagne

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Fri 25 Mar 199409:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Hubert Parry

      Jerusalem

      Choir: Choir Of King's College, London Conductor: Gary Cole

      • Thora Hird's Favourite Hymns And Carols.
      • Trax.

  • Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band

    St Louis Blues

    • Blues In The Night.
    • Columbia.

  • John Julius Norwich

    Borgias Are Having An Orgy

  • Frank Sinatra

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • Songs For Swingin' Lovers.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Robert Alda

    Luck Be A Lady

    • Guys And Dolls.
    • MCA.

  • Michael O’Duffy

    Slattery's Mounted Fut

    • The Warmth Of Ireland.
    • Marble Arch.

  • Bing Crosby

    These Foolish Things

    Artist: John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra

    • Old Masters Volume 3.
    • Ace Of Hearts.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

    • The Incomparable Ella.
    • Polydor.

  • Book Choice

    • Mr Mulliner's Memoirs - P G Wodehouse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cargo of champagne

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestLord Oaksey

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Apr 199312:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 16 Apr 199309:05
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 25 Mar 199409:05
    BBC Radio 4

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