You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy.

My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.

The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.

With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to helping

you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put together

by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life,

check out BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Krista Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs Archive.

For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 2008.

Music My castaway this week is Janet Street Porter.

She pioneered the highly stylized sassy broadcasting that revolutionized youth television and went on to influence a generation of programme makers, winning awards and new audiences along the way.

Born, she says, with frilly teeth, big glasses and beige hair,

she also came with a healthy measure of ambition, determination and creativity.

Yet although she's held down a fistful of highly influential media jobs

and commanded budgets of tens of millions of pounds, she has often been criticised,

derided for her abrasive manner, for throwing tantrums, and for an apparent lack of seriousness.

She has described herself as the most hard-boiled, opinionated,

aggressive woman in Britain,

but adds,

I have long learned how to tailor my behaviour

and speech for the appropriate audience.

I'm wondering what version we're going to get today.

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