Dr Jane Goodall
Sue Lawley's castaway is primatologist Dr Jane Goodall.
Sue Lawley's guest this week is Dr. Jane Goodall. She had no formal scientific qualifications when she first went to Africa to study the Gombe chimpanzees. But it was this lack of preconceptions which made her so successful as a naturalist. Watching chimps use sticks to extract termites from their mounds she realised that she was about to smash the assumption that only humans used tools. Now, forty years after she first stepped into the bush, she describes how she has halted her patient study of the chimpanzees to fight for their survival.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Under the Milk Wood by Richard Burton
Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Pencil and paper
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Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor
Soloist: Jacqueline De Pre Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
- Dvorak & Haydn Cello Concertos.
- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.27/2 'Moonlight'
Soloist: Daniel Barenboim
- Beethoven: Samtliche Kalviersonaten Vol.2.
- EMI.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Concertos pour violon.
- EMI.
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Dylan Thomas
Under Milk Wood - BBC ARCHIVE
Artist: Richard Burton
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.Soloist: Helmut Walcha
- Organ Works Vol.1.
- Archiv.
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Narrator
Memory (from Cats)
Soloist: Elaine Paige
- Cats.
- Polydor.
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Howard Blake
Walking in the Air
- The Snowman.
- CBS.
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Giacomo Puccini
Recondita armonia (from Tosca)
Soloist: Luciano Pavarotti Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Conductor: Zubin Mehta
- Carreras /Domingo / Pavarotti in Concert.
- Decca.
Book Choice
The Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien
Luxury Choice
Pencil and paper
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Dr Jane Goodall |
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Jan 200011:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 14 Jan 200009:00BBC Radio 4
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