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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Orchestra: The London Philharmonic
Marti Caine
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 24 Mar 1991
Actor, Musician
This week's castaway in Desert Island Discs is the entertainer Marti Caine. Although her public life is one as comedienne, television presenter, star of a sit-com series, singer and glamorous pantomime performer, Marti Caine's private life is one that is very different. Her father died when she was seven, she was taken into care before she was 10, her first marriage broke up, and then, about four years ago, she was diagnosed as suffering from cancer of the lymph glands. She talks about the way in which she's coped with all these things and the way her sense of humour helped her through.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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The Choir And Congregation Of The Royal Naval Chapel
People That On Earth Do Dwell
3.
Andrew Timothy
The Shipping Forecast
4.
Thornhall
Snowfall
Choir: The Singers Unlimited
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sat 10 Nov 1979
Actor, Musician, Comedian
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and musician Marti Caine.
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