PLAY PODCASTS
Michael White

Michael White

Sue Lawley's castaway is producer Michael White

Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4

May 26, 199635m 28s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (open.live.bbc.co.uk) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the producer Michael White. Renowned for his theatrical flair - with a string of successes such as Sleuth, The Rocky Horror Show, O, Calcutta and A Chorus Line - he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the downside of show business as well as the euphoria of the successful first night. He'll also be describing his cosmopolitan but miserable childhood. Sent away to school in Switzerland alone and just seven years old because of chronic asthma, his early years were often lonely and confusing.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Coming In From The Cold by Bob Marley Book: A title by Marcel Proust Luxury: Bicycle