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Ken Follett

Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Ken Follett.

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the writer Ken Follett. Novels such as Eye of the Needle, The Pillars of the Earth and The Third Twin have put him in the best seller lists all over the world - although when he started writing his first novel his agent suggested he use a pseudonym in case he "wanted to write something better later!". In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Beginning of Violin Concerto No 3 in G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Luxury: Entire cellar of a great collector of French wine

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Nov 2001 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Hubert Parry

    Myfanwy

    Choir: Treorchy Male Choir Conductor: J H Davies

    • The Great Welsh Male Voice Choir Choral.
    • Decca.

  • Ray Charles

    What'd I Say

    • The Right Time.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Beatles

    Good Day Sunshine

    • Revolver.
    • Parlophone.

  • Stevie Wonder

    My Cherie Amour

    • Ballad Collection.
    • Motown.

  • Thuli Dumakuda

    Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika

    • Cry Freedom soundtrack.
    • MCA.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - 1st movement

      Soloist: Anne Sophie Mutter Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic

      • Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 5.
      • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Francis Poulenc

    La Grenouill猫re

    Soloist: Felicity Lott, Pascal Roge

    • Poulenc.
    • Decca.

  • Ken Follett

    I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

    Artist: Damm Right I Got the Blues

    • Stranger Than Fiction.
    • Stranger Than Fiction.

  • Book Choice

    • Philosophical Investigations - Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Luxury Choice

    • Entire cellar of a great collector of French wine

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Ken Follett

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Nov 2001 11:15
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Fri 30 Nov 2001 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4

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