Donald Sutherland
4 Extra Debut. From The Beatles to Mozart. Canadian actor Donald Sutherland shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From 2008.
Actor Donald Sutherland is castaway by Sue Lawley.
Donald acted in over 100 films, including such classics as M*A*S*H, Don't Look Now and JFK.
Born in Canada, he was tall and lanky as a child. Due to the size of his big ears, he was called 'Goofus' or 'Dumbo'.
However, it was those ears that caught the attention of the director of The Dirty Dozen and thus his film career was launched.
The actor went on to be given the Academy Honorary Award during the 90th Academy Awards in 2017.
Donald Sutherland died aged 88 in June 2024,
DISC ONE: Peggy Lee - The Best Is Yet To Come
DISC TWO: Dennis Brain with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major
DISC THREE: Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams
DISC FOUR: Glenn Gould - Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations
DISC FIVE: The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko
DISC SIX: Dave Brubeck - Take Five
DISC SEVEN: Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee
DISC EIGHT: Diane Dufresne - J'ai recontre l'homme de ma vie
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Dennis Brain with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major
BOOK CHOICE: A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
LUXURY CHOICE: 100 cases of vintage Bordeaux
Producer: Angie Nehring
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in June 2000.
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