Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991 - Brian Redhead

Brian Redhead has presented the Today programme for the last 10 years. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his appearance on Children's Hour as a clarinettist, his early days as a journalist on the Manchester Guardian and his editorship of the Manchester Evening News.

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

Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor - 2nd Movement by Johannes Brahms
Book: Commentary on the Bible by Arthur Peake
Luxury: Taj Mahal

Published on Sunday, 6th July 1986.

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