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Michael Parkinson's castaway is MP James Prior.

The Rt Hon James Prior MP manages to combine his parliamentary work with being the Chairman of the General Electric Company. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he recalls organising a pig club at school during the war and talks about his career in farming and the eventual emergence of politics as his overriding interest.

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

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Fri 16 Jan 198709:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major

    Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

  • Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter

    As Time Goes By

  • John Kander

    Cabaret

    Performer: Liza Minnelli. Lyricist: Fred Ebb.

  • Frank Loesser

    Guys and Dolls

    Artist: Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver

  • Elaine Paige

    Memory

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (from The Planets)

    Choir: Choir of St Paul's Cathedral

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Soloist: James Galway

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral'

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

    • Beethoven: Symphony No 9.

Credits

PresenterMichael Parkinson
Interviewed GuestJames Prior

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Jan 198712:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 16 Jan 198709:05
    BBC Radio 4

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