Derek Jameson

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the journalist and broadcaster Derek Jameson. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his early poverty-stricken years in an East End foster home and his discovery, at the age of eight, that one of the girls in the home he had thought of as his older sister was, in fact, his mother. He'll also be describing how an aptitude for reading and writing, the encouragement of a concerned teacher and his own determination led him into journalism, where he started his career as an outdoor messenger at Reuters. From there, he went on to edit three Fleet Street newspapers and more recently, to become a popular radio personality.

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

Choices

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Harry Nilsson

Without You

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Michael Balfe

The Bohemian Girl: I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls

Soloist: Dame Joan Sutherland Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

3.

The Red Army Ensemble: Moscow Military District

Tipperary

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Anton Karas

The Harry Lime Theme (from The Third Man)

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Castaway's favourite

Giacomo Puccini

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli

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The Beatles

Help!

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Giacomo Puccini

Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Academy Of St Cecilia Conductor: Alberto Erede

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Sir Edward Elgar

Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major 'Land of Hope and Glory'

Orchestra: The BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Colin Davis

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Book

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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Luxury item

Word processor

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