Janet Street-Porter

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Janet Street-Porter. Born, she says, with 'frilly teeth, big glasses and beige hair' she also came with a healthy measure of ambition, brains and creativity and she used those talents to pioneer a new style of television.

In this personal interview, she describes how, as she gets older, she can't bear to look in a mirror and see traces of her mother; how her shyness can make it difficult for her to walk into a room full of strangers and that what she likes best is to be walking in the hills, in the rain and sleet, mulling over ideas for her next project. She may be a pensioner with a good body of work behind her, but, she says, her mind is on the career that lies ahead.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

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Jean-Philippe Rameau

Borée en fureur from Les Boréades

Choir: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

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Massive Attack

Unfinished Sympathy

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George Formby

When I'm Cleaning Windows

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The Modern Jazz Quartet

Cortege

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Gaetano Donizetti

Lucia di Lammermoor Act 2

Soloist: Joan Sutherland

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Philip Glass

Dinner with the Beast

Orchestra: The Philip Glass Ensemble Conductor: Michael Riesman

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Castaway's favourite

Pet Shop Boys

Always on My Mind

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Otis Redding

That’s How Strong My Love Is

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Book

Larousse Gastronomique by Hamlyn

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Luxury item

Notebook and Pens

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