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This Week's Guest:
Bill Nighy
Sunday 14 March
Repeated
Friday 19 March | | |  |
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This week Sue’s castaway is the award winning actor Bill Nighy.
Originally from Caterham in Surrey, he left school at 15 without any qualifications and ended up working at his local employment office. He hoped to become an author and began work on The Field magazine as a messenger boy but then ran way to Paris at 17 to write a novel. This venture failed and he ended up begging on the streets before returning to Britain and the Guildford School of Drama and Dance.
His first film role was as a delivery boy in Joan Collins’ steamy film The Bitch, he’s featured in numerous stage, TV, and radio dramas including the acclaimed Men’s Room in 1991 and more recently in State of Play where he played a newspaper editor.
His career has been described by some critics as a slow burn rather than a beacon although he’s now widely recognised as achieving the acclaim he deserves. In February he won Best Supporting Actor at the Baftas for his role as Billy Mack – a washed up singer in the film Love Actually.
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1. Gimme shelter
Performer Rolling Stones
Composer Jagger/Richards
Publisher Decca
CD Title Let it bleed
Track 1
Label London
Rec No: 820 052-2
2. I feel good
Performer James Brown
Composer James Brown
Publisher Lark music
CD Title Soundtrack to Good Morning Vietnam
Track 11
Label A & M
Rec No: CDA 3913
3. Just like Tom Thumb Blues
Performer Bob Dylan
Composer Bob Dylan
Publisher Warner Bros
CD Title More Bob Dylan - greatest hits
Track Cd2 trk 4
Label Columbia
Rec No: 467 851 2
4. Won't get fooled again
Performer The Who
Composer Pete Townsend
Publisher Fabulous music
CD Title My generation - The Very Best of the Who
Track 14
Label Polydor
Rec No: 533 1502
5. My love is waiting
Performer Marvin Gaye
Composer G Banks
Publisher CBS
CD Title Midnight Love
Track Cd2 trk 4
Label CBS
Rec No: 85977
6. Healing Game
Performer John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison
Composer Van Morrison
Publisher Exile publishing
CD Title Don't Look Back
Track 2
Label Pointblank
Rec No: VPBCD 39
7. Koochie Ryder
Performer Freaky Realistic
Composer Anderson
Publisher Polydor
CD Title Frealism
Track 3
Label Polydor
Rec No: 517919 2
8. Winter
Performer Rolling Stones
Composer Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Publisher Virgin
CD Title Goat's Head Soup
Track 8
Label Virgin
Rec No: CDV 2735
Record: Winter - Rolling Stones
Book: 1st edition of 49 stories by Ernest Hemingway
Luxury: Boxed set of blues harps (harmonicas)
and instruction book
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