Classic Desert Island Discs - Ann Leslie

Desert Island Discs

BBC

Society & Culture, Music Commentary, Music, Personal Journals

4.4 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sue Lawley's castaway is foreign correspondent Ann Leslie in a programme first broadcast in 2004. Ann Leslie died in June 2023, aged 82. The distinguished foreign correspondent Ann Leslie has witnessed and reported on some of the most significant events of the past 30 years including the fall of the Berlin wall; the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev and Nelson Mandela's final walk to freedom. She has reported on uprisings, massacres and wars, collecting numerous awards as she has done so. She grew up in India and Pakistan and loved India and its culture. When she was around 10 years old she was sent to a boarding school in England. From school she went to Oxford and from there she joined the Daily Express. She was brought to London and was given her own column at the age of twenty-two. But she resigned, saying she wanted to do proper reporting, and it was David English's support for her that saw her start writing foreign news stories and set the course for her distinguished career.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'
0:18.5	mouths.
0:19.5	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world.
0:25.0	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to
0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.0	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:35.2	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:40.4	Lauren LeVernier, we're taking our summer break, so until we're back on air, we're showcasing
0:44.4	a few programs from our archives.
0:46.8	As usual, the music's been shortened for right reasons.
0:50.3	This week's guest is the journalist and foreign correspondent Anne Leslie, who died in June
0:54.7	this year at the age of 82.
0:57.2	Sue Lawley cast her away in 2004.
1:16.3	My castaway this week is a journalist.
1:18.0	For the past 30 years or more, she's travelled the world, writing, as it's been called,
1:22.0	the first rough drafts of history, reporting on events such as the fall of the Berlin
1:26.4	Wall, the attempted coup against Gorbachev or Nelson Mandela's Walk to Freedom.
1:31.7	She was born in India, sent back to Convent School in England by a rather careless mother,
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