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This Week's Guest:
Stephen Frears
Sunday 18 January
Repeated
Friday 23 January | | |  |
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This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the film director Stephen Frears.
His film credits include My Beautiful Launderette, When Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity and, most recently, Dirty Pretty Things. He is one of Britain’s most talented and well-known directors, achieving success with his Hollywood work as much as for low budget, British productions.
He was born in Leicester in 1941 and, despite studying law at Cambridge, was not tempted to train to be a lawyer, and instead sought employment at the ground-breaking Royal Court Theatre in London. He left the Royal Court in the 1960s to work with the highly acclaimed Czech film-maker Karel Reisz. His television work has included many collaborations with Alan Bennett, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that he became famous with a film that was initially destined for television, but was so successful it was released to cinemas. It was “My Beautiful Launderette” – starring a then unknown Daniel Day Lewis and examining the racial and sexual tensions of Thatcher’s Britain.
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1. I'm against it
Performer Groucho Marx
Composer Kalmar, Ruby
Publisher IMP
CD Title The Marx Brothers Sing and Play Vol.1
Track CD1 trk 22
Label Cinema
Rec No: CIN 001
2. Goodnight Irene
Performer Tanners Sisters with the Hedley Ward Trio
Composer Leadbetter/ Lomax
Publisher His Master's Voice
CD Title When He's All dolled up/Goodnight Irene
Track Side B trk 1
Label HMV
Rec No: B.9980
3. (We're Gonna ) Rock Around the Clock
Performer Bill Haley and his Comets
Composer Jimmy DeKnight/Max Freedman
Publisher Edward Kasner Music Co
CD Title Bill Haley and His Comets from the original Master Tapes
Track 1
Label MCA
Rec No: MCAD 5539
4. Le retour de Guy chez Elise
Performer Catherine Deneuve/Nino Castelnuovo
Composer Michael Legrand
Publisher Philips
CD Title Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Track Side 2 -final track
Label Philips
Rec No: BL 7631
5. Love me Tender
Performer Elvis Presley
Composer Presley/Matson
Publisher BMG
CD Title Jailhouse Rock
Track 12
Label RCA
Rec No: 07863 674532
6. Skinnermarink
Performer Bob McGrath
AMERICAN RECORD - not available in UK
7. Radio 5 Commentary on the cup final 4 May 2002
Performer Alan Green commentator
BBC RADIO FIVE ARCHIVE
NOT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY
8. Common People
Performer Pulp
Composer Jarvis Cocker/Steve Mackey/Russell Senior
Publisher Island music
CD Title Mis-shapes.Sorted for E's and Wizz
Track 4
Label ISLAND
Rec No: CID 620
Record: Groucho Marx
Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: A painting by his wife.
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