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Bishop Trevor Huddleston

Sue Lawley's castaway is president of the anti-apartheid movement Bishop Trevor Huddleston.

The castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is a monk, a man at peace with solitude, but whose life has been spent fighting the cause of the oppressed and dispossessed, from South Africa to London's East End. He is Bishop Trevor Huddleston, former Bishop of Stepney and President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his long and varied life.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Fidelio - The Prisoners Chorus by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Binoculars

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Sun 13 Aug 1989 12:15
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

    • From The New World.
    • Decca.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)

    • Das Lied Von Der Erde.
    • Philips.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prisoners' Chorus (from Fidelio)

    • Fidelio.
    • Decca.

  • The Specials

    Free Nelson Mandela

    • Free Nelson Mandela Single.
    • Two Tone.

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Gabriel Fauré

      Sanctus (from Requiem)

      • Faure Requiem.
      • EMI.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime (from Porgy & Bess)

    • Porgy & Bess Highlights In English.
    • RCA Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Gute Nacht (from Winterreise)

    • Winterreise.
    • Decca.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Già nella notte densa (love duet) (from Otello)

    • Verdi Arias and Duets.
    • RCA Classics.

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford Book of English Verse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Binoculars

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Bishop Trevor Huddleston

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Sep 1988 12:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 30 Sep 1988 09:05
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 13 Aug 1989 12:15
    BBC Radio 4

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