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ON NOW : Down the Line
Series 5 - Episode 4

Down the Line Spoof phone-in show from the creators of The Fast Show.

ON NEXT : 19:00 The Archers

Presented byKirsty Young

Desert Island Discs Presenter Kirsty Young

Jane Asher

Jane Asher

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Broadcast

First broadcast: Sun 03 Apr 1988

Actor , Cookery writer

Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Jane Asher.

Choices

Herman Finck

1.

Herman Finck

Penguin Parade

Orchestra: London Promenade Orchestra

George Frideric Handel

2.

George Frideric Handel

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Gilbert & Sullivan

3.

Gilbert & Sullivan

Brightly dawns our wedding day (from The Mikado)

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Peter & Gordon

4.

Peter & Gordon

Woman

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Nilsson

5.

Nilsson

Without You

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni)

Soloist: Koloman Van Pataky Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Opera

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Bill Cosby

7.

Bill Cosby

Kindergarten

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Ludwig van Beethoven

8.

Castaway's favourite

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' - Ode to Joy

Choir: Vienna State Opera Chorus

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Book

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

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Luxury item

Hot bath with extra tap for cold champagne

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