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This Week's Guest:
Kim Cattrall

Sunday 26 December
Repeated
Kim's  Choice

                                          Photo by Jason Bell
 
Sue Lawley's castaway is the actress Kim Cattrall .

Kim Cattrall became a household name in her forties as a result of playing man-eater, defiant singleton and PR mogul Samantha Jones in 'Sex and the City'.  She is about to star in the play 'Whose Life is it Anyway?' in the West End of London.

She was born in Liverpool but grew up in Canada and decided to be an actress at a young age.  She says a formative experience was appearing in a school play 'Piffle It's Only a Sniffle' when she took the role of a cold germ which had to infect the other children by tickling them with a feather until they sneezed.  She spent time in drama schools in Canada, Liverpool and New York and says now that her first love is theatre - and her film roles allow her to feed her theatre habit.

 
1.To Turn You On
Performer Roxy Music
Composer Ferry
Publisher EG
CD Title Avalon
Track 8
Label EG
Rec No EGCD 50

2.I've Got You Under My Skin
Performer Frank Sinatra
Composer Cole Porter
Publisher Capitol Records
CD Title Songs for Swingin' Lovers
Track 9
Label Capital
Rec No:4979902

3.My Favourite Things
Performer John Coltrane
Composer Rodgers & Hammerstein
Publisher Atlantic Records
CD Title My Favourite Things
Track  1
Label Atlantic
Rec No:7567813462

4.Please, Please Me
Performer The Beatles
Composer McCartney/Lennon
Publisher MPL Communications
CD Title Please, Please Me
Track 7
Labe Parlophone
Rec No:CDP7464352

5.Closing Time
Performer Leonard Cohen
Composer Leonard Cohen
Publisher Sony
CD Title Closing Time
Track 1
Label Columbia
Rec No:6592992
 
6. Respect
Performer Aretha Franklin
Composer Otis Redding/East/Time/Walco
Publisher BMI
CD Title I never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Track 1
Label Atlantic
Rec No:81392

7.God Bless the Child
Performer Billie Holiday
Composer Arthur Herzog jr/Billie Holiday
Publisher Polgram
CD Title Lady Sings the Blues Vol.4
Track 13
Label Verve
Rec No:521429 2

8.A Case of You
Performer Joni Mitchell
Composer Joni Mitchell
CD Title Blue
Track 9
Label Reprise
Rec No:K244128

Record: My Favourite Things
Book:    An English Dictionary
Luxury: Fragrant Body cream

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Desert Island Discs is one of Radio 4's most popular and enduring programmes. Created by Roy Plomley in 1942, the format is simple: each week a guest is invited by Sue Lawley to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island.
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