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Radio 4,31 May 2009,45 mins

Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook

Desert Island Discs

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Kirsty Young's castaway is Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook. Caroline has travelled the world to see how different zoos worked, spent years living in the jungle and, when she returned to Britain, taught herself how to be a farmer. She has become a champion of the countryside and, when a supermarket giant announced plans to open a store on her doorstep, she decided to take them on. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: No. 54 Chorale: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Food in England by Dorothy Hartley Luxury: Ink and a pen.

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  3. 2.
    St Matthew Passion - O Haupt voll Blut
    St Matthew Passion - O Haupt voll Blut
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeneo)
    Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeneo)
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart