Listen "Dirk Bogarde"
Episode Synopsis
In this week's edition of Desert Island Discs the castaway is film actor and writer Dirk Bogarde. Among many other things, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about why life as a national heart-throb has never really suited him, about his many years living in Provence and about the film of which he himself is most proud - Visconti's Death in Venice.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: 5th Symphony 4th Movement by Gustav Mahler
Book: Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
Luxury: Distillery
Book: Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
Luxury: Distillery
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