
Rick Stein
4 Extra Debut. From Mozart to Van Morrison. Chef and broadcaster Rick Stein shares his castaway music choices with Sue Lawley. From 1999.
TV chef and restaurateur Rick Stein is castaway by Sue Lawley.
When the police closed his discotheque down because of too many fights on a Saturday night, all he had left was his restaurant licence.
Living by the sea, he took the obvious option and opened a fish restaurant.
Today he is Britain's best sea food chef and a passionate advocate for the pleasures of cooking and eating fish.
Rick talks about his life and work and chooses eight tracks to take to the mythical island.
DISC ONE: Steeleye Span – “Padstow” May Day Song
DISC TWO: Julie Andrews - Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
DISC THREE: Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
DISC FOUR: Van Morrison - Coney Island
DISC FIVE: London Philharmonic - "Vivace" one of Malcolm Arnold's "Cornish Dances"
DISC SIX: The Beach Boys - Do It Again
DISC SEVEN: Little Feat - Rock 'n' Roll Doctor
DISC EIGHT: Werner Tripp & Hubert Jellinek - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Werner Tripp & Hubert Jellinek - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major
BOOK CHOICE: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
LUXURY CHOICE: Thai fish sauce
Producer: Angie Nehring
First broadcast on ѿý Radio 4 in August 1999.
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