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Lord Elwyn-Jones

Roy Plomley's castaway is politician and lawyer Lord Elwyn-Jones.

Lord Elwyn-Jones began his career as a barrister, combining it with that of a Labour Member of Parliament from 1945. He was Counsel for the Prosecution at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and later he was appointed Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Lords.

In conversation with Roy Plomley about his eventful life, he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 40 In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: English Social History by G M Trevelyan
Luxury: Comic collage by Pearl Binder

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Fri 17 Feb 198409:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    • The Golden Classics.

  • John Hughes

    Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)

    • Gateway to Song.

  • Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale

    Hold My Hand

    • Springtime in Your Heart.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Symphony No. 40 in G minor

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Iolanthe

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • George Frideric Handel

    I know that my Redeemer liveth (from Messiah)

  • Book Choice

    • English Social History - G M Trevelyan

  • Luxury Choice

    • Comic collage by Pearl Binder

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestLord Elwyn-Jones

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Feb 198418:25
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 17 Feb 198409:05
    BBC Radio 4

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