Michael York

Desert Island Discs

BBC

Society & Culture, Music Commentary, Music, Personal Journals

4.4 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 1984

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Michael York began his acting career with the National Youth Theatre, but his big break came when he successfully auditioned for the National Theatre at the Old Vic. He has appeared in many films, including Accident, Cabaret and Conduct Unbecoming. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto in A by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Luxury: Telescope

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Kirstie Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.
0:05.0	For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music.
0:08.0	The program was originally broadcast in 1984 and the presenter was Roy Plumlee. This week on our Desert Island is the actor Michael York.
0:34.0	Michael, you must live a pretty gregarious life in the theatre and on film sets.
0:40.0	Could you take solitude?
0:42.0	A certain amount of it, I think yes I would. I'd love to.
0:45.0	You could adjust. Yes I was a loner, very much a loner as a child and I enjoyed being alone
0:49.9	but since I got married I haven't been alone I don't know whether I could really
0:53.9	re-adapt to it. How much does music mean to you? A lot. Have you any skill? Do you play an
0:59.9	instrument? I have memories of playing the violin at the age of 11 or 9 in the school
1:03.8	orchestra and playing the piano, but it never went further than that. I just love
1:08.8	playing the gramophone. Do you collect discs? Up to a point, discs and tapes. I very much
1:16.6	listen to the radio, so that, you know, whatever God bestows I pick up.
1:22.8	How long did it take you to make out your list for the desert island?
1:25.6	Did you make a long list and then cross the mount or did you just write down eight as they
1:29.7	came to you?
1:30.7	I thought that unless I did it off the top of my head almost subconsciously I'd never turn up with the list at all
1:36.7	So it took me I think a minute
1:39.5	Well, you've changed your mind about several of them in the last half hour.
1:42.9	Yes, I know, and if we hadn't had this deadline, this broadcasting deadline,
1:46.1	I probably would have completely changed it all over again.
1:49.4	But what's the first one?
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