Robert Hardy
Actor Robert Hardy is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor Robert Hardy.
He became a household name as the vet Siegfried Farnon in the hit TV series All Creatures Great and Small and, to a younger generation, he is the Minister of Magic in the Harry Potter films. But the role he is best known for is Winston Churchill - he won a Bafta for his performance in Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years. He believes actors are born rather than made and his own ambitions crystallised when, as a very young boy, he was a page boy at a wedding: "I walked down the aisle with my head held high and as I went, every eye was turned towards me and something inside me said, "That's it, get every eye on you".
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
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Pearl Bailey
What is a Friend For?
Composer: Harold Arlen
- House of Flowers - 1955.
- CBS Special products.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven’s 7th symphony in A Major - 2nd movement
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
- Toscanini: Works by Beethoven, Cherubini & Mozart.
- BBC.
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Enya
The Longships
Composer: Enya/ Lyrics by Roma Ryan
- Watermark.
- WEA.
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Hector Berlioz
The Waltz from the Symphonie Fantastique
Artist: The Paris Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov
- Berlioz: Carnaval Romain/Symphonie Fantastique.
- Philips.
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Francis Poulenc
Poulenc -Suite Francaise -Pavanne
Artist: The National Orchestra of France conducted by Charles Dutroit
- Poulenc: Concert Champetre.Sinfonietta.
- Decca.
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Jean Sibelius
Sibelius 6th Symphony in D Minor - The 4th movement Release: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6
Artist: City of Birmingham Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven - String Quartet in B flat- 2nd movement
Artist: The Medici String Quartet
- Beethoven: String Quartet Op.130.
- Nimbus.
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John Hardy
De Profundis
Artist: The Westminster Abbey Choir, the BBC Singers & London Brass conducted by Martin Baker
- Archive recording 8 July 1998 of Century of Martyrs celebrations..
- Commissioned by Westminster Abbey.
Book Choice
The Great Warbow - Robert Hardy & Matthew Strickland
Luxury Choice
Young lady in profile 1495 - De Predis
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Robert Hardy |
Broadcasts
- Sun 20 Nov 201111:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 25 Nov 201109:00BBC Radio 4
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