Michael Morpurgo
From Beethoven to Buddy Holly. War Horse creator, Sir Michael Morpurgo, shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From 2004.
From Beethoven to Buddy Holly.
War Horse creator, Sir Michael Morpurgo shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
His other works include Kensuke's Kingdom, Why the Wales Came and Private Peaceful.
The widely respected children's author and the former Children's Laureate styles himself as a 'story-teller/writer' and the themes he explores are the relationships between young and old, children and animals and children's experiences of loneliness and self-reliance.
Together with his wife, Clare, he set up the charity Farms for City Children in Devon to give inner-city children the opportunity to experience life on a farm, working with animals and being close to nature.
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First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in April 2004.
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