Professor Brian Cox
Physicist and TV presenter Prof Brian Cox chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take if cast away on a desert island. Presented by Kirsty Young.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the scientist Professor Brian Cox.
In the press he's been called 'the pin-up professor' and his enormously popular TV series have been credited with creating the 'Brian Cox effect' - a surge in the number of would-be scientists applying to university. As a teenager he decided he wanted to be a rock star; he toured the world as a member of the band Dare and performed on Top of the Pops with his second group D:Ream.
He says:"I hope, we're beginning to treat ideas almost like we treated rock and roll - I hope so, it would be wonderful, wouldn't it, if ideas were the new rock and roll?"
Producer: Corinna Jones.
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Music Played
Castaway's Favourite
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David Bowie
Queen Bitch
Composer: Bowie
- Hunky Dory.
- EMI.
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Frank Sinatra
Come Fly with Me
Composer: Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen
- The Wonderful World of Frank Sinatra 1952-1960.
- Remember.
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The Jam
Going Underground
Composer: Weller
- The Jam: Greatest Hits.
- Polydor.
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Duran Duran
Friends of Mine
Composer: Nick Rhodes, Andrew Taylor, Roger Taylor & Simon le Bon
- Live at Hammersmith 82.
- EMI.
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Dare
King of Spades
Composer: Darren Wharton
- Out Of The Silence.
- Universal.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Messages
Composer: Omd
- The Best of OMD..
- Virgin.
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Clem Snide
Moment in the Sun
Composer: E.Barzelay
- Delicatessen 4 CD1.
- Cooking Vinyl.
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Billy Joel
New York State of Mind
Composer: Joel
- Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume.
- CBS.
Book Choice
Classical Electrodynamics - John David Jackson
Luxury Choice
A coffee machine
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Brian Cox |
Broadcast
- Fri 30 Dec 201109:00BBC Radio 4
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