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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Dec 16, 2001
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the Children's Laureate Anne Fine. She wrote her first book because a blizzard prevented her going to the library and there was nothing to read in the house! That was in the 1970s. Now she has more than 60 books in print, won numerous awards and seen one novel - Madam Doubtfire turned into a successful film starring Robin Williams. In conversation with Sue Lawley, she talks about her 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: Domine Deus from B Minor Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
Luxury: Pencil and paper
Released:
Dec 16, 2001
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island.