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Last broadcast on Fri, 15 Apr 2011, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Kirsty Young's castaway is the animator and director Terry Gilliam.
He first planted his foot-print on our cultural landscape more than thirty years ago - back then, it was a huge, animated foot which squashed everything beneath it and became one of the defining images of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
In the years since, his film credits have included Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. Now aged 70, he's directing his first opera. He says: "I've always liked the extremes, the edges. I like to know where the cliff is, but you only find out by stepping off."
Record: Ein Heldenleben
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: A mirror
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
Music played
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Elvis Presley
— Heartbreak HotelComposer: Carl Perkins
Blue Suede Shoes: the Ultimate Rock’n’ Collection, RCA -
Cliff Edwards — When You Wish Upon a Star
Composer: Ned Washington and Leigh Harline
Pinocchio, RCA -
Tom Waits
— AliceComposer: Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Alice, Anti -
Parno Graszt — Odi Phenel Cino Savo / Azt Mondja A Kisfiam
Composer: Traditional
The Rough Guide to Hungarian Gypsies, World Music Network -
The Beatles
— TaxmanComposer: George Harrison
Revolver, Parlophone -
Van Dyke Parks
— Opportunity for TwoComposer: Van Dyke Parks and Martin Fyodr Kibbee
Jump!, Warner -
Richard Strauss
— Ein Heldenleben – final movementArtist: Daniel Majeske, Cleveland Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Decca -
Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov
— The Isle of the DeadArtist: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.1; Isle of the Dead, EMI
Broadcasts
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Sun 10 Apr 201111:15
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Fri 15 Apr 201109:00
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