26 min listen
Bamber Gascoigne
ratings:
Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Nov 1, 1987
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
"My wife and I are great opera buffs" says Bamber Gascoigne, who became a household name when he first became the question master of BBC television's University Challenge some 25 years ago. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he looks back on his career as a writer and broadcaster and reveals a novel approach to assembling his package of records to take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Luxury: Carpentry tools
Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Luxury: Carpentry tools
Released:
Nov 1, 1987
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
A L Rowse: Roy Plomley's castaway is biographer A L Rowse by Desert Island Discs