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Last broadcast on Fri, 3 Jul 2009, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Kirsty Young's castaway is the choreographer, Arlene Phillips. In a career spanning 40 years, she set up the dance group Hot Gossip and has masterminded numerous music videos and West End shows. Already one of the country's leading choreographers, the hit TV show Strictly Come Dancing then turned her into a household name.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Dinah Washington
Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Luxury: Tweezers.
Archive audio
This episode of Desert Island Discs is from the archive.
Music played
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Lou Reed
— Walk on the Wild Side25 Years Of Rock ‘n’ Roll 1973, Connoisseur Collection -
Carl Orff
— O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)Soloist: Lucia Popp, John Van Kerstern, Hermann Prey Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra Conductor: Kurt Eichhorn
The Best of Carl Orff, Conifer -
Camille Saint-Saëns
— The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals)Soloist: Pascal Rogé , Cristina Ortiz Orchestra: London Sinfonietta Conductor: Charles Dutoit
The Essential Saint-Saëns, Decca -
Dinah Washington
— Smoke Gets in Your EyesCompact Jazz: Dinah Washington, Mercury -
Johann Pachelbel — Canon in D major
Soloist: Leonard Slatkin Orchestra: The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Works by Pachelbel, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Telarc -
Elton John
— I'm Still StandingAnother Perfect Day, Columbia -
Lon Satton & Ray Shell — I am the Starlight
Starlight Express: Original London Cast, Polydor -
Ella Fitzgerald
— Someone to Watch Over MeLove, Ella, Verve
Broadcasts
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Sun 28 Jun 200911:15
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Fri 3 Jul 200909:00
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