DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: EDINBURGH WINNERS - STEPHEN FRY (320kbs-m4a/97mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 20th August 2023
Stephen Fry is castaway by Kirsty Young.
Comedian, actor, writer, director, presenter and award-ceremony host – Stephen's list of accomplishments is long, varied and impressive.
His younger years were troubled and with a propensity for stealing and lying, he was expelled from two schools and imprisoned for credit card fraud. The turning point came when he knuckled down and won a scholarship to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English and joined the Cambridge Footlights, becoming lifelong friends with Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.
His career highlights include the fruits of his collaborative work with Laurie – from A Bit of Fry and Laurie to Jeeves and Wooster, he played Lord Melchett in Blackadder and Oscar Wilde on the big screen. He is a best-selling author of fiction and three volumes of autobiography, is the voice of the Harry Potter audio books and presents BBC Two's QI.
Stephen has also spoken of his experience of mental health issues and in 2006 he made a documentary exploring the effects of living with Bipolar - it won an Emmy Award.
BOOK CHOICE: T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
LUXURY CHOICE: Canvasses, easels, brushes, an instruction manual
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Roses - The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes
Producer: Cathy Drysdale
Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.
Bach - Partita No. 1 in B flat major
Schubert - Variations 2 & 3 Piano Quintet in A
Beethoven - Presto Quartet Op. 131 in C-Sharp minor
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Wagner - O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe - Tristan und Isolde
Hugh Laurie - Changes
Ella Fitzgerald - Do I Love You?
Arthur Wood - Barwick Green (The Archers' Theme Tune)
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