1.
Castaway's favourite
Norman Wisdom
Don’t Laugh at Me ‘Cos I’m a Fool
Sir Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 06 Aug 2000
Actor, Comedian
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actor and comedian Sir Norman Wisdom. His cloth cap and tight-fitting jacket became his screen trademark in the 1950s and 1960s and characters like Norman Pitkin won him fans all over the world. Sir Norman talks to Sue Lawley about a career that's spanned more than 60 years and chooses eight records to take with him the mythical island.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
7.
Norman Wisdom & Joyce Grenfell
Narcissus
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Fri 17 Apr 1953
Comedian
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Norman Wisdom.
Choices
5.
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Flight of the bumble-bee (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Orchestra: Harry James and his Orchestra
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