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Radio 4,05 Jan 1990,40 mins

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In this week's edition of Desert Island Discs the castaway is film actor and writer Dirk Bogarde. Among many other things, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about why life as a national heart-throb has never really suited him, about his many years living in Provence and about the film of which he himself is most proud - Visconti's Death in Venice. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: 5th Symphony 4th Movement by Gustav Mahler Book: Akenfield by Ronald Blythe Luxury: Distillery

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Tosca Act 2 (finale)
    Tosca Act 2 (finale)
    Giacomo Puccini
  3. 2.
    La Fileuse
    La Fileuse
    Raff
  4. 3.
    Symphony in D minor - 3rd movement
    Symphony in D minor - 3rd movement
    César Franck