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This Week's Guest:
Brenda Blethyn
18 September 2005
Repeated
23 September 2005 |
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Brenda's Choice |
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actress Brenda Blethyn.
Brenda Blethyn is one of our most versatile and talented actresses with film credits that include Secrets and Lies, Little Voice, Saving Grace and, now, Pride and Prejudice and has won a host of awards for her film and stage work.
But she fell into acting by default – born Brenda Bottle, the youngest of nine children, she had no burning desire to take to the stage. She was working as a secretary for British Rail when a friend had to pull out of an amateur-dramatic production and Brenda stood in as a favour. She discovered she loved it and went on to become the first actress to rise through the ranks of the National Theatre to play leading roles.
She came to the nation’s attention in 1996 playing the careworn Cynthia Purley in Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies. Brenda Blethyn won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Best Actress award at Cannes for her portrayal of a neglected woman coming to terms with the fact that the daughter she had adopted at birth had come to find her – and was black .
This autumn Brenda appears as Mrs Bennet in a new film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and in On a Clear Day, which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Brenda was awarded an OBE in 2003. |
1. Lay me Low
Performer John Tams with the Albion Band
Composer Traditional - arranged by John Tams
Publisher Island records
CD Title Rise Up like the Sun
Track 11
Label Harvest
Rec No: CDEMS1460
2. Cherry Ripe
Performer Jennifer Vyvyan. Accompanied by Ernest Lush
Composer Herrick
Publisher unknown
CD Title Songs of England
Track Side 2, trk 1
Label DECCA
Rec No: LXT 2797
3. Deadwood Stage
Performer Doris Day
Composer Sammy Fain/Paul Francis Webster
Publisher CBS
CD Title Calamity Jane/Pyjama Game
Track 1
Label CBS
Rec No: 4676102
4. Will you love me tomorrow?
Performer Carole King
Composer Carole King
Publisher Sony music
CD Title The Ode Collection 1968-1976: A Natural Woman
Track 13
Label Epic
Rec No: E2K48833
5. Let's Get Lost
Performer Chet baker
Composer Loesser-McHugh
Publisher Capitol records
CD Title Funny Valentine
Track 9
Label Pacific Jazz
Rec No CDP8282622
6. Tales from Vienna Woods
Performer Philadelphia Ochestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Composer Johann Strauss
Publisher CBS
CD Title J Strauss.Waltzes.Ormandy
Track 5
Label CBS
Rec No: CD 44892
7. Oh Carol
Performer Neil Sedaka
Composer Sedaka/Greenfield
Publisher Music collection
CD Title The Singer and his Songs
Track 1
Label Music Club
Rec No MCCD148
8. Chattanooga Choo Choo
Performer Stutz Bear Cats
Composer Gordon & Warren
Publisher Robbins music
CD Title Stutz Bear Cats
Track Side 1 trk 1
Label Nelson
Rec No: SIV 1112
Record: Lay me low
Book: A dictionary
Luxury: Karaoke machine
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