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Dame Shirley Porter

Sue Lawley's castaway is former leader of Westminster City Council Dame Shirley Porter.

The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is Dame Shirley Porter, who, as Lady Porter, was the flamboyant leader of the ruling Conservative Group at Westminster City Council - a post she held from 1983 until she stepped down in April 1991. She'll be telling Sue Lawley about what it was that made her go into politics at the age of 40, about her campaign for cleanliness on the streets of the capital and about her plans for the future.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: The Ode To Joy (Symphony No 9) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: SAS Survival Manual
Luxury: Large Swiss Army knife

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 May 1991 09:05
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

    • Puccini/Tosca/Callas.
    • EMI.

  • Bud Flanagan

    Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner

    • The Best Of Flanagan & Allen.
    • EMI.

  • Simon Hass

    Kol Nidrei

    • Great Hebrew Prayers In Song/ Rev Simon Hass.
    • Decca.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    I'm called little Buttercup (from HMS Pinafore)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan H.M.S.Pinafore.
    • Arabesque.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor

    • Elgar/Cello Concerto Sea Pictures/Du Pre.
    • EMI.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana

    • Orff; Carmina Burana Muti.
    • EMI.

  • Pitchford/Gore

    Fame

    • Best Of Fame.
    • RCA Classics.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' - Ode to Joy

      • Beethoven/Ninth Symphony.
      • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Book Choice

    • SAS Survival Manual

  • Luxury Choice

    • Large Swiss Army knife

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Dame Shirley Porter

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Apr 1991 12:15
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Fri 3 May 1991 09:05
    大象传媒 Radio 4

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