... resonant as the human dilemmas of love and loss depicted by Chekhov or Tolstoy (when she appeared on DesertIslandDiscs in 2017, Gardam said she would take War and Peace as her book of choice).
In an emotional interview on BBC Radio 4's DesertIslandDiscs in February 2020, Zoe spoke of Billy's death and the grief she endured after he took his own life ... Speaking candidly to Discs host Lauren ...
‘I can’t!’ I bleat to the physio ...It’s scary ... I answer his questions frankly for an hour and at the end I say sweetly, ‘If you need more, I can be heard talking about my deepest feelings on DesertIslandDiscs from 2013, available on BBC Sounds.’ ... .
I appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme DesertIslandDiscs in January 2024 ... My truthful and understated remark on Desert Island Discs, that the song made many of us “uncomfortable” was greeted with an ...
I saw Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s cello case before I saw him – strapped to his back, making him taller ... But when he appeared on DesertIslandDiscs last year, he was asked if he thought Rule, Britannia! ought to be part of the festival finale ... “No.” ... Share ... .
'It's because I'm giving up [acting] ... 'That special space was where my 16-year-old encountered DesertIslandDiscs and now he's completely obsessed with it, and, because the school run is quite long, it's where I listen to long-form radio drama.' ... .
'Cate is incredibly brave ... I am serious.' ... 'That special space was where my 16-year-old encountered DesertIslandDiscs and now he's completely obsessed with it, and, because the school run is quite long, it's where I listen to long-form radio drama.'.