Piers Morgan
Kirsty Young's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan. He spent more than a decade as a Fleet Street editor and pioneered a style of journalism that devoured the day-to-day lives of celebrities. Now, he has become something of a celebrity himself, fronting a TV interview programme and sitting as a judge on both America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent. He is, according to one friend, 'the ultimate proof that self-confidence and self-belief can become a self-fulfilling prophecy'.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Mambo Italiano by Dean Martin
Book: An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
Luxury: My cricket bat.
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The Rolling Stones
Start Me Up
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Charles Aznavour
For Me... Formidable
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Castaway's Favourite
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Dean Martin
Mambo Italiano
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Chris Potter
Yesterday
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Let It Be
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Original Broadway Cast
Sunset Boulevard
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Stevie Wonder
You and I
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Monty Python
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
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Book Choice
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An Evil Cradling - Brian Keenan
Luxury Choice
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My cricket bat
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Piers Morgan |
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Jun 2009 11:15´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Fri 12 Jun 2009 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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