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4 Extra's extended edition with actor Sir Michael Caine in conversation with Kirsty Young. From December 2009.

Sir Michael Caine shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young in Desert Island Discs Long-play, an extended edition of the programme first broadcast on Radio 4.

In a film career that has, so far, spanned more than four decades, Sir Michael Caine has won two Oscars and his credits include Alfie, The Italian Job, Hannah and her Sisters and Educating Rita.

As well as discussing his remarkable life in films, he describes how the Queen used to cut through his back garden on her way to the horse races, discusses the secrets of a happy marriage, and reveals the tricks for cooking perfect roast potatoes this Christmas.

DISC ONE: Viva La Vida - Coldplay
DISC TWO: One Day Like This - Elbow
DISC THREE: Edward Elgar鈥檚 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod" -
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
DISC FOUR: No Ordinary Morning - Chicane
DISC FIVE: Swollen - Bent
DISC SIX: Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson
DISC SEVEN: My Way - Frank Sinatra
DISC EIGHT: Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

BOOK CHOICE: The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
LUXURY CHOICE: A large bed with fifty per cent goose down and fifty per cent feather pillows.
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: My Way - Frank Sinatra

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra in December 2011.

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