Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991 - Ben Kingsley

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Ben Kingsley became a star almost overnight when he took the title role in the film Gandhi. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about the years before Gandhi, the difference fame made, his work in the theatre and his approach to a role like Othello.

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

Favourite track: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Luxury: Telescope

Published on Sunday, 16th February 1986.

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