Sir Ian Trethowan
Sue Lawley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Sir Ian Trethowan
Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is Sir Ian Trethowan. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his days as a copy boy earning 27/6d on the Daily Sketch, his early journalistic career, his transition from television presenter to manager of BBC Radio, and some of the dramas and crises which characterised his days as Director-General of the BBC. A lifelong opera lover, he'll also be choosing eight records for his island idyll.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier (Hab Mirs Gelobt) Final Act by Richard Strauss Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Champagne