Pauline Collins

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is actress Pauline Collins. As someone who has been entertaining television audiences for over twenty years in popular series like Emergency Ward 10 and Upstairs, Downstairs, she has simultaneously pursued a theatrical career which recently burgeoned into huge success with her portrayal of Shirley Valentine - the trapped Liverpool housewife who finds escape on a Greek island. It's a part which has won her great acclaim both on the stage and in the recent film version. Pauline Collins will be talking to Sue Lawley about the international star status Shirley Valentine has brought her and recalling milestones and memories of her career.

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

Choices

1.

Erroll Garner

I'll Remember April

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Charles-Marie Widor

Toccata (from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor)

Soloist: Peter Hurford

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Jimmy Smith

Got My Mojo Working

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4.

Mado Robin

La Gitane Er L'Oiseau

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Jennifer Holliday

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

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6.

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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7.

Castaway's favourite

Claude Debussy

Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

Soloist: Michel Beroff

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Umberto Giordano

Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

Soloist: Jussi Björling

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Book

Teach yourself physics by

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Luxury item

Papers, pencils, paints

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