Dame Prue Leith, writer and broadcaster
Dame Prue Leith, writer and former restaurateur, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would want with her if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Dame Prue Leith is a broadcaster, writer, former restaurateur and a judge on the television show the Great British Bake Off.
Prue was born in Cape Town, South Africa, during the era of Apartheid. After leaving school she moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, but decided that her future lay in food, and took a Cordon Bleu cookery course in London. She set up her own catering business from her bedsit, where space was so tight that she washed lettuces in the bath.
In 1969 she opened Leith鈥檚, her own fine dining restaurant, in Notting Hill in west London. Leith鈥檚 was awarded a Michelin star in the 1980s. She went on to write columns and cookbooks and became a regular broadcaster about food, on shows including the Great British Menu. In 1975 she opened Leith鈥檚 School of Food and Wine which trains professional chefs and amateur cooks.
Prue replaced Mary Berry as a judge on the Great British Bake Off in 2017. She has written eight novels and lives with her husband in Gloucestershire.
DISC ONE: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles
DISC TWO: Ugly Duckling by Danny Kaye
DISC THREE: Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
DISC FOUR: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (I) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Sir Neville Marriner (violin), Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra and conducted by David Willcocks
DISC FIVE: 16 Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford
DISC SIX: Skylark by Aretha Franklin
DISC SEVEN: Chopin, Nocturne No. 2, op 9 in E flat major, played by Elisabeth Leonskaja
DISC EIGHT: Big Spender by Shirley MacLaine
BOOK CHOICE: Ulysses by James Joyce
LUXURY ITEM: Writing materials
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley
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The Beatles
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
- Parlophone.
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Danny Kaye
Ugly Duckling
- Danny Kaye Sings Your Favorite Songs.
- Universal-Island Records Limited.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika
- In Harmony.
- Gallo Record Company.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Performer: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- The Best Classical Album In The World.. Ever!.
- EMI Records Ltd.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
16 Tons
- Twin Best Now: Country And Western.
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Aretha Franklin
Skylark
- Aretha Franklin: The Collection.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chopin, Nocturne No. 2, op 9 in E flat major
Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.- Chopin: Nocturnes (Complete).
- Warner Classics International.
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Shirley MacLaine
Big Spender
- The Greatest Hits Of The Musicals.
- EMI.
- 18.
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