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This Week's Guest:
Pen Hadow
Sunday 16 May
Repeated
Friday 21 May | | |  |
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Sue Lawley’s castaway this week is the explorer Pen Hadow.
Pen Hadow made polar history in 2003 by becoming the first man to walk solo and unsupported the 478 miles from the northern coast of Canada to the North Pole. It was the culmination of a death-bed pledge. He had made a commitment immediately after his father’s death that he would prove the family name by succeeding in the challenge – described by Sir Ranulph Fiennes as the “greatest endurance feat left on earth”. He made two unsuccessful attempts at the ordeal before succeeding in May last year.
He turned to exploring in his late-20s – but had already shown himself to be a daredevil foolhardy, determined and physically strong. At prep school he learnt the importance of training and practice to develop greater athleticism and, at Harrow, he successfully ran ‘The Long Ducker’ - a marathon from Harrow, taking in Marble Arch and Little Venice - that hadn’t been attempted for fifty years. After university, he spent four years working at the sports agency IMG and ended up by chance on a 70-day trek photographing polar bears – and the thought struck him that, with organisation, training and determination, in the same length of time he could trek to the North Pole.
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1. Nimrod
Performer Simon Rattle & the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra
Composer Elgar
Publisher EMI
CD Title The soundtrack from the film 'Crush'
Track 11
Label EMI
Rec No: 535786-2
2. Tv theme from the Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Performer City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer Gian-Piero Reverberi & Robert Mellin
Publisher Silver Screen
CD Title 100 Greatest TV Themes
Track 3
Label Primetime
Rec No: TVPMCD 807
3. Can't get you out of my head
Performer Kylie Minogue
Composer Cathy Dennis/Rob Davis
Publisher Universal Music
CD Title Pop Party
Track 5
Label Universal
Rec No: 981 2645
4. Ommadawn
Performer Mike Oldfield
Composer Mike Oldfield
Publisher Virgin
CD Title Ommadawn
Track 1
Label Virgin
Rec No: CDV 2043
5. Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat Major
Performer Vladimir Ashkenazy with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta
Composer Brahms
Publisher Decca
CD Title Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat Major, op. 83
Track 1
Label Decca
Rec No: K 62K 43
6. Music of the Night
Performer Peter Jeffes
Composer A.Lloyd Webber/C. Hart & R. Stilgoe
Publisher Musaeus
CD Title Tendresses musicales
Track 9
Label Musaeus
Rec No: M2CD-P.944
7. Loaded
Performer Primal Scream
Composer Gillespie/Innes/Young
Publisher EMI
CD Title Loaded
Track 1
Label EMI
Rec No: CDEVP 5
8. You're the first, the last, my everything
Performer Barry White
Composer B.White/T. Sepe/Redcliffe
Publisher Dino Entertainment
CD Title When a man loves a Woman
Track 20
Label Dino Entertainment
Rec No: DINCD 88
Record: Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: A six inch nail
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