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After Roy Plomley and Sue Lawley, Sir Terry returns to share his third set of castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2012.

After appearing with Roy Plomley and Sue Lawley, Sir Terry Wogan is back to share his third set of castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

With a career spanning more than five decades, it includes 麻豆社 TV chat show Wogan, the Eurovision Song Contest, the quiz Blankety Blank and for many years, hosting 麻豆社 Radio 2's breakfast show.

Terry says: "You have to create a kind of little club - you are not talking to an audience, you are talking to one person - and they are only half listening anyway. It's a mistake to think that everyone is clinging to your every word."

Peter Gabriel - That'll Do (feat. Paddy Moloney & Black Dyke Band)
Frank Sinatra - My Funny Valentine
Carly Simon - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
O Praise the Lord from Heaven - The Choir of Moscow鈥檚 Church of the Ascension of the Lord
Una furtiva lagrima (from Gaetano Donizetti鈥檚 L'Elisir d'amore) - Placido Domingo with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
As Time goes By - Jimmy Durante
When You are Old - Gretchen Peters
E lucevan le stelle (from Giacomo Puccini鈥檚 Tosca) - Placido Domingo with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Peter Gabriel - That'll Do (feat. Paddy Moloney & Black Dyke Band)
BOOK CHOICE: War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
LUXURY CHOICE: Bottles, pens and paper

Producer: Corinna Jones

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2012.

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