Tuesday 10 March 2020

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Americans - Tom Hanks

DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: AMERICANS - TOM HANKS (320kbs-m4a/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th January 2020

From the Beatles to Richard Strauss. Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young

From 'Big' to 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'Captain Phillips' to 'Apollo 13', his long and distinguished film-making career has brought him multiple awards and many plaudits. He's the recipient of eight Emmys, one Bafta and four Golden Globes and was the youngest ever actor to be given a lifetime achievement award by the American Film institute. The voice of Woody in the 'Toy Story' films, he won the first of his two Oscars in 1993 for Philadelphia and again the following year for Forrest Gump.

His parents split up when he was 5 and he went to live with his father. By the age of 10 he'd lived in ten different houses in five different cities. He loved school and developed a passion for history which is reflected in the film he made with Steven Spielberg, 'Saving Private Ryan' and the TV mini-series 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific' which he also produced.

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2016.

Dean Martin & Line Renaud (Leen Reno) - Relax-Ay-Voo [Capitol]
The Beatles - There's A Place [Apple]
Dusty Springfield - Doodlin’ [Beat Goes On]
Richard Strauss - Main Title: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby - Main Title: “How The West Was Won” [CBS]
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime [Sire]
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out [Def Jam]
Derek And The Dominos - Layla [Polygram]

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