Desert Island Discs - George Carman QC

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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of the country's most expensive and sought-after barristers - George Carman QC. A virtuoso of the courtroom, he has made his name successfully defending the famous - from former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe to well-known show business names like Peter Adamson, Maria Aitken and Ken Dodd. He will be talking to Sue Lawley about his perception of the key to successful advocacy and making a definitive judgement on the eight records he would take to his desert island.

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

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave
Luxury: Painting Of Grand Canal In Venice"

Published on Sunday, 24th June 1990.

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