25/12/2011
Kirsty Young presents a collection of stories and music where listeners are the castaways and, with guests Bill Bailey and Jo Whiley, considers the favourite Christmas choices.
Kirsty Young presents a festive collection of stories and music from Your Desert Island Discs where listeners are the castaways. Kirsty and her studio guests - broadcaster and Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley, comedian, actor and musician Bill Bailey and composer and conductor Debbie Wiseman - mull over the choices of Christmas and comedy songs. They'll also discuss some of the musical choices inspired by the castaways' stories from rock to reggae and Beethoven to the Bee Gees, and consider the enduring appeal of record sleeves and the pleasures of singing together.
Producer: Alison Hughes.
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Music Played
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Greg Lake
I Believe In Father Christmas
Composer: Greg Lake/Peter Sinfield
- 100% Christmas.
- Telstar.
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Wham!
Last Christmas
Composer: George Michael
- The Best Christmas…ever!.
- Virgin.
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Buddy Holly
Peggy Sue
Composer: Buddy Holly
- Down the Line: The Rarities.
- Decca.
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Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love
Composer: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'
Artist: Stepfan Vladar and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
- Chill with Beethoven.
- Label: Naxos.
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Mukesh Chand Mathur - O Janewale Ho Sakera
Composer: Sachin Dev Burman/Shailendra
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Tim Minchin
White Wine in the Sun
Composer: Tim Minchin
- Tim Minchin: Ready for This Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
- Universal.
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Marvin Gaye
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
Composer: Holland/Dozier/Holland
- Oldies but Goodies Volume 8.
- Waring.
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The Elgins
Heaven must have Sent You
Composer: Holland/Dozier/Holland Jr
- Tamla Motown – Big Hits & Hard to Find Classics.
- Spectrum.
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Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Composer: Wonder
- The Definitive Collection.
- Universal.
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The Doors
People Are Strange
Composer: Doors
- The Doors: Greatest Hits.
- Elektra.
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Concrete Jungle
Composer: Bob Marley
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John Lennon
Happy Xmas War is Over
Composer: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
- John Lennon: Lennon Legend.
- Parlophone.
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Laurel & Hardy & The Avalon Boys
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Composer: Carroll Macdonald
- Golden Age Hollywood comedy –Laurel and Hardy.
- Liberty.
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Westminster Cathedral Choir
Once in Royal David's City
Composer: Trad.
- Adeste Fidelis.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio Part One, Chorus: Jauchzet Frohlocket!
Artist: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester/Thomaner Chor
- Classic CD 106: 1,000 Years of Beautiful Christmas Music.
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Victoria Wood
The Ballad Of Barry and Freda (Let's Do It)
Composer: Victoria Wood
- The Best Comedy Album In The World Ever.
- Virgin.
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Benny Hill
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
Composer: Hill
- Benny Hill: The Ultimate Collection.
- Pulse.
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The Goons
The Ying Tong Song
Composer: Milligan
- The World of the Goons.
- Eclipse.
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Flight of the Conchords
Foux du Fafa
Composer: Bret McKenzie
- Flight of the Conchords.
- Warner Bros.
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Monty Python
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Composer: Eric Idle
- The Best Comedy Album in the World...Ever.
- Virgin.
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Clash
London Calling
Composer: Strummer/Jones
- London Calling.
- CBS.
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ABBA
Dancing Queen
Composer: Andersson/Ulvaeus/Anderson
- Abba: Gold.
- Polydor.
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Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive
Composer: Barry/Robin/Maurice Gibb
- Bee Gees Greatest.
- RSO.
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Bing Crosby
White Christmas
Composer: Irving Berlin
- Bing Crosby: The Best of Bing Crosby.
- RCA.
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John Williams
Raiders March
Composer: John Williams
- John Williams: Greatest Hits -1969-1999 CD1.
- Sony.
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The Smiths
There is a Light that Never Goes Out
Composer: Morrissey/Marr
- Singles.
- WEA.
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Mike + the Mechanics
Over My Shoulder
Composer: Rutherford/Carrack
- Now 1995: The Millennium Series CD1.
- Now.
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Huddersfield Choral Society
In the Bleak Midwinter
Composer: Holst/Rosetti
- The Carols Album.
- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto In A Major KV 622, Adagio
Artist: Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa conducted by Alvaro Cassuto
- Famous Classical Themes from The Movies CD2.
- Concerto.
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The Stone Roses
I Am the Resurrection
Composer: Squire/Brown
- The Stone Roses.
- Silvertone.
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The Pogues
Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
Composer: Macgowan/Finer
- The Pogues: The Ultimate Collection CD1.
- Warner Brother Music.
Broadcasts
- Christmas Day 2011 11:15Â鶹Éç Radio 4
- Christmas Day 2011 12:04Â鶹Éç Radio 4 LW
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