麻豆社

Satirist and impressionist Rory Bremner is castaway by Sue Lawley.

Rory was born in Edinburgh in 1961. A self-confessed show-off, he started doing impersonations at primary school, sending up teachers, sports commentators and Moira Anderson! Entertaining his school friends inevitably developed into performing on stage and he worked as a stand up on the comedy circuit, and notably at the Edinburgh Festival.

The 麻豆社 offered him his first TV series, Now Something Else. It ran on 麻豆社2 for seven years. In 1993 he moved to Channel 4, where his show Rory Bremner - Who Else? developed a more hard-edged, satirical and political bite. Rory was also a regular on Spitting Image and Mock the Week.

An opera lover with an academic side to him, Rory has translated three operatic works into English.

In more recent years, Rory has been on Strictly, Who Do You Think You Are? The Imitation Game - not forgetting I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

DISC ONE: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Highland Cathedral
DISC TWO: Danny Kaye - Masters Of All Masters
DISC THREE: Brian Johnston & Jonathan Agnew - Test Match Special (9/8/1991)
DISC FOUR: Cologne Radio Orchestra, conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig - excerpt from Kurt Weill鈥檚 The Silver Lake The Finale
DISC FIVE: Julie London - I'm In The Mood For Love
DISC SIX: Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin
DISC SEVEN: Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
DISC EIGHT: Kiri Te Kanawa - Georges Bizet鈥檚 Je dis que rien ne m'茅pouvante (from Carmen)

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
BOOK CHOICE: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon
LUXURY CHOICE: Radio

Producer: Miranda Birch

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 2003.