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Charlotte Lamb

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Charlotte Lamb.

Charlotte Lamb first started to write in 1970 after doing a series of different jobs, including working in a bank and for the BBC. Since then, she has written over 60 romantic novels, some of them under different names, and she has become one of the most popular novelists of that genre.

In conversation with Roy Plomley, she talks about her work and chooses the eight records she would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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Fri 16 Sep 198309:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult

  • Noël Coward

    There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner

    • The Revues.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    H'm, h'm, h'm (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Francisco Araiza Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Elkie Brooks

    Fool If You Think It's Over

    • Pearls.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn

  • Carl Orff

    Tempus est iocundum (from Carmina Burana)

    Soloist: Lucia Popp, Raymond Wolansky Choir: Wandsworth School Boys' Choir Orchestra: New Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Nana Mouskouri

    Theme From Les Parapluies De Cherbourg

    Artist: Michel Legrand

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G major

      Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Book Choice

    • Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter and paper

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestCharlotte Lamb

Broadcasts

  • Sat 10 Sep 198318:25
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 16 Sep 198309:05
    BBC Radio 4

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