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Lesley Manville, actor

Lesley Manville, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Lesley Manville made her debut on the West End stage as a teenager in 1972, and since then has taken on a wide range of roles on stage and screen, including an Oscar-nominated performance in the film Phantom Thread.

She was born in Brighton and first enjoyed performing as a singer, winning competitions with her sister. When she was 15, she commuted daily to the Italia Conti stage school in London. Her first professional role was in a West End musical, and in 1974 she joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Farm. After two years she decided to leave, even though the work was well paid, and return to the stage.

At the Royal Court in London she appeared in some of the most critically acclaimed new plays of the 1980s including Caryl Churchill鈥檚 Top Girls, and Andrea Dunbar鈥檚 Rita, Sue and Bob Too. She has also enjoyed a long collaboration with the film director Mike Leigh, memorably playing the alcoholic Mary in Another Year.

Her recent TV roles include starring as Cathy in the popular 成人快手 Two sitcom Mum, for which she won a Royal Television Society Award in 2019. She has also played Princess Margaret in The Crown, including a scene in which Margaret shares her favourite records on a 成人快手 radio progamme.

She was appointed a CBE in 2021.

DISC ONE: Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
DISC TWO: My Brother Jake - Free
DISC THREE: O Soave Fanciulla, composed by Giacomo Puccini, performed by
Jose Carreras, Richard Stilwell and Teresa Stratas and Metropolitan Opera Chorus, conducted by James Levine
DISC FOUR: Sugar on the Floor - Etta James
DISC FIVE: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
DISC SIX: Not While I鈥檓 Around - Barbra Streisand
DISC SEVEN: Make You Feel My Love - Adele
DISC EIGHT: Phantom Thread III - Jonny Greenwood

BOOK CHOICE: A Botanical Encyclopedia
LUXURY ITEM: A bed with linen, duvet and pillows
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor

42 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Oct 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Eva Cassidy

    Over The Rainbow

    • Nightbird.
    • Blix Street Records.
    • 10.
  • Free

    My Brother Jake

    • The Very Best of Free & Bad Company.
    • Rhino.
    • 3.
  • Rodolfo (Jose Carreras), Marcello (Richard Stilwell), Mimi (Teresa Stratas)

    O Soave Fanciulla

    • Puccini: La Boheme / Levine (DVD).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Etta James

    Sugar on the Floor

    • Deep In The Night.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 9.
  • Dusty Springfield

    You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

    • The Magic of Dusty Springfield.
    • Universal Music Group International.
    • 6.
  • Barbra Steisand

    Not While I'm Around

    • The Essential Barbra Streisand.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.
  • Adele

    Make You Feel My Love

    • 19.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 8.
  • Jonny Greenwood

    Phantom Thread III

    • Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.

Broadcasts

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