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From Fred Astaire to Tchaikovsky. Archers actress June Spencer shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2010.

Kirsty Young's castaway is actress June Spencer.

She is one of the best-loved matriarchs in broadcasting. As Peggy Woolley in The Archers, she's the only original member of the cast still in the show.

It's 60 years this spring since the pilot episodes were first broadcast and, although she is now aged 90, June has no plans to retire.

She says, 'It's a great bonus for me that The Archers has run as long as it has, and I've gone along with it.'

DISC ONE: Fred Astaire - Let's Face The Music And Dance
DISC TWO: Nelson Eddy - I Passed by Your Window
DISC THREE: Andrei Gavrilov - Fr茅d茅ric Chopin鈥檚 Revolutionary Study
DISC FOUR: Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, conducted by Jean-Bernard Pommier - Claude Debussy鈥檚 En bateau (from Petite suite)
DISC FIVE: John Williams - Concierto De Aranjuez
DISC SIX: Harry Secombe - Giacomo Puccini鈥檚 E Lucevan Le Stelle (from Tosca)
DISC SEVEN: The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Overture to The Sleeping Beauty
DISC EIGHT: Winchester Cathedral Choir - George Frideric Handel鈥檚 Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: John Williams - Concierto De Aranjuez
BOOK CHOICE: Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome
LUXURY CHOICE: A Scrabble board

Producer: Isabel Sargent

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in January 2010.

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