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Radio 4,30 Dec 2001,45 mins

Ewan McGregor

Desert Island Discs

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This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the actor Ewan McGregor. In the last 10 years, Ewan McGregor has become a star on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to films such as Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Brassed Off and Star Wars - the Phantom Menace. 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: Dark Lochnagar by Jimmy O'Brien Moran Book: In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust Luxury: Chromatic Harmonica

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Horn Concerto No. 4 In E flat major
    Horn Concerto No. 4 In E flat major
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3. 2.
    Agnus Dei (from Requiem)
    Agnus Dei (from Requiem)
    Gabriel Fauré
  4. 3.
    Alone Together
    Alone Together
    Chet Baker