Lady Margaret Tebbit
Sue Lawley's castaway is wife of Norman Tebbit - Lady Margaret Tebbit.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Margaret Tebbit. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the night 11 years ago when the IRA detonated a huge bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, where she was staying with her husband for the Tory Party Conference. Since that dreadful night, she has been severely paralysed, and she'll be describing the effect on her life: the dreams she has in which she no longer has to use a wheelchair, the new friends she's made and the old ones who turned out not to be such good friends in adversity and how her previous experience of mental illness - in the form of severe depression - compares with her current physical incapacity.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Nocturne by Evert Taube
Book: Hillier's Dictionary of Plants by Hillier
Luxury: An endless team of Man Fridays
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A String Of Pearls
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Ach, ich fühl's (from The Magic Flute)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Soloist: Kiri Te Kanawa
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Eartha Kitt
Just An Old Fashioned Girl
- Eartha-Quake Vol 2.
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Yusuf Islam
Morning Has Broken
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Harry Secombe
God Be In My Head
- I'll Walk With God.
- Philips.
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Trumpet Voluntary
- Regimental Marches Of The British Army.
- Chandos.
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Frank Sinatra
My Way
- New York New York.
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Evert Taube
Nocturne
Soloist: Julian Lloyd Webber
- Travels With My Cello Vol 2.
- Philips.
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Book Choice
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Hillier's Dictionary of Plants - Hillier
Luxury Choice
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An endless team of Man Fridays!
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Lady Margaret Tebbit |
Broadcasts
- Sun 31 Dec 1995 12:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 5 Jan 1996 09:05BBC Radio 4
- Fri 5 Jul 1996 09:05BBC Radio 4
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