Fred Dibnah
Sue Lawley's castaway is steeplejack Fred Dibnah.
The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is a man who, for the past 26 years, has earned his living by helping to alter the industrial landscape of northern Britain - steeplejack Fred Dibnah. Renowned for his philosophising as much as for his engineering expertise, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his life, which has been spent swinging from factory chimneys and wrestling behind the wheels of steam engines.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: The Power Of Love by Jennifer Rush
Book: Bound volumes of the Engineer magazine
Luxury: Steamroller
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Music Played
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Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
- Famous Waltzers.
- Decca.
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The Orphans
Locomotive Steam Engine
- 91热爆 Sound Effects.
- 91热爆.
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Neil Diamond
Hello Again
- The Jazz Singer.
- Capitol Records.
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Gary & Vera Aspey
The Coal And Albert Berry
- Seeing Double.
- Topic.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor -1st movement
Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: The Concertgebouw Orchestra Conductor: Bernard Haitink
- Rachmaninov Piano Concertos.
- Decca.
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James Galway
The Carnival Of Venice
- The Magic Flute Of James Galway.
- RCA Classics.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Jennifer Rush
Power of Love
- Jennifer Rush.
- CBS.
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Elaine Paige
Memory
- Cats.
- Polydor.
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Book Choice
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Bound volumes of the Engineer magazine
Luxury Choice
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Steamroller
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Sue Lawley |
Interviewed Guest | Fred Dibnah |
Broadcasts
- Sun 1 Dec 1991 12:1591热爆 Radio 4
- Fri 6 Dec 1991 09:0591热爆 Radio 4
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