DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: LONGPLAY - LORD COE (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th March 2023
Lord Coe, former athlete and now Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympics, reveals his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
In a specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra, he shares his life story and explains his musical, book and luxury choices.
Back in 1980, Sebastian Coe's rivalry with fellow middle-distance runner Steve Ovett enraptured the nation at the Moscow Olympic Games.
After retiring from the racetrack, he enjoyed a career in politics.
For the past eight years though, his focus has been on the Olympics once again - not on individual medals this time, but ensuring the 2012 games in London are a success.
BOOK CHOICE: Such Sweet Thunder - Benny Green on Jazz
LUXURY CHOICE: A piano and guide to playing it
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Closest Thing to Crazy - Katie Melua
Producer: Christine Pawlowsky
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in August 2012.
Heather Small - Proud
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The History Of A Boy Scout
Edda Moser (Soloist) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Der Hölle Rache (from The Magic Flute)
George Melly & Mick Mulligan - There'll Be Some Changes Made
Frank Sinatra - Deep In A Dream
Lester Young - Oh, Lady Be Good
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues
Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy
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