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Professor Lucy Easthope, emergency planner

Professor Lucy Easthope, emergency planner, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Professor Lucy Easthope is an adviser on disaster recovery and planning.

She’s an expert in planning for and reacting to major incidents: natural disaster, terrorist attacks, pandemics and fires, and is the visiting Professor of Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the University of Bath.

Born in Merseyside in 1978, Lucy cites the impact of watching the Hillsborough football disaster on TV as a child as one of the driving reasons of her decision to pursue a career in disaster management. Her work has involved working in mortuaries, attending fatal accidents and training teams to react to emergencies.

Alongside her career, Lucy has written two books about emergency planning and disaster recovery.

Lucy lives in Shropshire with her husband and two children.

DISC ONE: Lose Yourself - Eminem
DISC TWO: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy. Performed by Matthew Steynor (organ) and The Choir of Queens' College Cambridge, conducted by James Weeks
DISC THREE: Overture And A Prisoner Of The Crusades (From Chains To Freedom) Composed by Michael Kamen and performed by Greater Los Angeles Orchestra, conducted by Patti Fidelibus
DISC FOUR: Tender - Blur
DISC FIVE: Trustfall - Pink
DISC SIX: Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
DISC SEVEN: Something’s Missing - Come From Away Company
DISC EIGHT: Thunderstruck - AC/DC

BOOK CHOICE: The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden
LUXURY ITEM: A solar-powered torch
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Tender - Blur

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor

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Music Played

  • Eminem

    Lose Yourself

    • 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture.
    • Shady / Interscope.
    • 1.

  • Jan Struther

    Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy

    Performer: Matthew Steynor. Choir: The Choir of Queens' College Cambridge. Conductor: James Weeks.
    • Wedding Hymns.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 17.

  • Michael Kamen

    Overture And A Prisoner Of The Crusades (From Chains To Freedom)

    Orchestra: Greater Los Angeles Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Kamen. Conductor: Patti Fidelibus.
    • Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Shout! Factory Records.
    • 2.

  • Blur

    Tender

    • 13.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 2.

  • Pink

    Trustfall

    • Trustfall.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Tracy Chapman

    Fast Car

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra Records.
    • 2.

  • Come From Away Company

    Something's Missing

    • Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Concord Theatricals.
    • 2.

  • AC/DC

    Thunderstruck

    • The Razors Edge.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

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