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Lord Roll

Lord Roll

FromDesert Island Discs


Lord Roll

FromDesert Island Discs

ratings:
Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2001
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is Lord Roll.Now in his 90s, Eric Roll is enjoying his third career as an investment banker. As a young man he was a talented academic, but he left university life in the 40s to join the civil service. There he was regarded as one of the cleverest negotiators of his generation, working with Ernest Bevin on the Marshall Plan, Edward Heath on EEC membership and Harold Wilson on the Department of Economic Affairs. Lord Roll chooses eight records to take with him to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet in A major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Cassette recorder and cassettes
Released:
Aug 26, 2001
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.