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This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the Chairman of BT, Sir Christopher Bland. Passionately interested in business, Sir Christopher's business career maps a total of 18 different business and industries, about which he says "I was shocked!" It also includes Chairmanships of LWT and the BBC. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Write Myself a Letter by Fats Waller Book: The collected works by John Donne Luxury: Two and half miles of the Hampshire Chalk Stream
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- TrackArtist
- 1.Symphony No. 5 in D minor - 1st movementSymphony No. 5 in D minor - 1st movementDmitry Shostakovich
- 2.Where the bee sucks (from The Tempest)Where the bee sucks (from The Tempest)Thomas Arne
- 3.Danny BoyDanny BoyMario Lanza