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Sue Lawley's castaway is trade unionist Ron Todd.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Ron Todd - leader of Britain's largest trade union, the Transport and General Workers' Union. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his childhood as the son of a Walthamstow street-market trader, his rejection of Catholicism and conversion to socialism and about how he feels about the modern Labour Party and the role of trade unions in the 1990s.

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

Favourite track: Black And White Rag by Emmy Todd
Book: The collected works by Robert Burns
Luxury: Piano

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Fri 5 Jul 199109:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Soloist: Gershwin Orchestra: The Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra, The Columbia Jazz Band

    • Gershwin Plays Gershwin.
    • RCA Classics.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Emmy Todd

      Black And White Rag

  • Eric Coates

    Knightsbridge March

    Orchestra: The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Coates: London Suite.
    • Arabesque.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Soloist: Cecile Ousset

    • Debussy: Images.
    • EMI.

  • Charlie Barnet

    Skyliner

    • Kings Of Swing/ Various Artists.
    • K-Tel.

  • Nat King Cole

    The Very Thought Of You

    • Let's Fall In Love.
    • Music For Pleasure France.

  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Choir: The Choir Of Canterbury Cathedral

    • Your Hundred Best Tunes.
    • Decca.

  • Shirley Bassey

    I Wish You Love

    • The Love Album.
    • Music For Pleasure France.

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - Robert Burns

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestRon Todd

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Jun 199112:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 5 Jul 199109:05
    BBC Radio 4

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