Desert Island Discs Revisited: Oscar Winners 2 - Nicole Kidman

DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: OSCAR WINNERS 2 - NICOLE KIDMAN (320kbs-m4a/102mb/45mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 27th March 2022

From Elvis to Dvorak.

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley.

Recorded shortly after her London West End triumph in 'The Blue Room', Nicole traces her life from her suburban Australian upbringing to the heart of Hollywood and beyond.

Nicole was to go on and win the Academy Award in 2003 for Best Actress for her portrayal of writer Virginia Woolf in the drama film 'The Hour'.

In addition to her eight records to take to the mythical island, Nicole chooses a book and a luxury item.

Favourite track: What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Book: Collection of Poems by Emily Dickinson
Luxury: Sun block

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.

Antonín Dvořák - O Silver Moon (from Rusalka) [EMI Classics]
Elvis Presley - American Trilogy
Hubert Parry - Jerusalem [Cirrus]
Van Morrison - Someone Like You [Mercury]
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet - Love Remains [London]
Janis Joplin - Summertime (from Porgy & Bess) [CBS]
The Company Of A Chorus Line - One [Columbia]
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World [Radioplay]