Lord John Krebs talks to Jim al-Khalili about birds, foot and mouth disease and badgers. 
1.
Francisco Yglesia
Pajaro Campana or The Bell Bird
Composer: traditional harp music from Paraguay
David Attenborough
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 29 Jan 2012
Naturalist, broadcaster
Kirsty Young's castaway for the 70th anniversary edition of Desert Island Discs is Sir David Attenborough.
He has seen more of the world than anyone else who has ever lived - he's visited the north and south poles and witnessed most of the life in-between - from the birds in the canopies of tropical rainforests to giant earthworms in Australia.
But despite his extraordinary travels, there is one part of the globe that's eluded him. As a young man and a keen rock-climber, he yearned to conquer the highest peak in the world. "I won't make it now - I won't make it to base camp now - but as a teenager, I thought that the only thing a red-blooded Englishman really should do was to climb Everest."
Choices
3.
George Frideric Handel
And the Glory of the Lord
Artist: The Academy and Chorus of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
5.
Castaway's favourite
Johann Sebastian Bach
3rd of Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Artist: Murray Periaha
6.
The Gamelan Orchestra
Legong,
Composer: traditional Balinese
7.
Carl Michael Ziehrer
Wiener Burger Waltz
Artist: The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
8.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento – Gentle be the breeze
Artist: Montserrat Caballe, Janet Baker and Richard Van Allen with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Broadcast
First broadcast: Fri 25 Dec 1998
Naturalist, Broadcaster
Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is Sir David Attenborough. He brought the blue-footed booby into our sitting rooms, and revealed the secret lives of plants. But we remember him best caught in the embrace of a female gorilla.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
1.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)
Soloist: Monserrat Caballe, Janet Baker and Richard Van Allan Orchestra: The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
2.
George Frideric Handel
And the glory of the Lord (from Messiah)
Performer: Academy and Chorus of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
6.
Castaway's favourite
Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major - 2nd movement
Soloist: Mstislav Rostropovich Orchestra: Emerson String Quartet
7.
Sir William Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor - 2nd movement
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn
8.
Gustav Mahler
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert-Lieder)
Soloist: Dame Janet Baker Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sat 10 Mar 1979
Naturalist, Broadcaster, Zoologist
Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist David Attenborough.
Choices
1.
George Frideric Handel
The Lord Is my light (Chandos Anthem No. 10))
Soloist: Ian Partridge Choir: King's College Chapel Choir Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: David Willcocks
2.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner
3.
Johann Sebastian Bach/Busoni
Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor - 5th movement (Chaconne)
Soloist: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
4.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)
Soloist: Monserrat Caballe, Janet Baker, Richard Van Allen Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Colin Davis
6.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Trio Sonata No. 1 in F
Soloist: Sachka Gavriloff, Heinz Holliger, Klaus Thunemann, Lucio Buccarella, Christiane Jaccottet
7.
Benjamin Britten
Spring Symphony
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Covent Garden Conductor: Benjamin Britten
8.
Castaway's favourite
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor
Soloist: Cecil aronowitz Orchestra: Amadeus String Quartet
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Mon 06 May 1957
Naturalist, Broadcaster
Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.
Choices
2.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major - Prelude
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
6.
George Frideric Handel
Haste thee, nymph (from L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato)
Choir: Glasgow Orpheus Choir
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