Desert Island Discs - Brian Blessed

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actor Brian Blessed.

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about Z Cars - the series which first brought him to public prominence in the 1960s, about his friendship with the actress Katherine Hepburn and his obsession with climbing mountains - mountains like Everest and Kilimanjaro - when he isn't acting.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Rite of Spring The Adoration Of Earth by Igor Stravinsky
Book: In Search of the Miraculous by Peter Ouspensky
Luxury: Scarf given to him by the Dalai Lama

Published on Sunday, 4th June 1995.

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