Magdi Yacoub's guest appearances

Magdi Yacoub

Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996

Isaiah Berlin

Alan Alda

Jancis Robinson

Lynda La Plante

Oliver Sacks

Paul Smith

Phil Redmond

Elvis Costello

Elizabeth Jennings

Hugh Grant

Kevin Whately

Richard Dawkins

Joan Baez

Derek Walcott

Steve Jones

OwlTail

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the great pioneers of heart transplant surgery - Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub.He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his dedication to his patients, whether heart transplants are now routinely successful and about some of the earlier controversies which his experimental surgery has attracted. He will also be describing his early ambitions to be a doctor, which were discouraged by his father, and how important music is to him. He often has it playing in the operating theatre.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Fantasia For Piano In D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBook: Pluto's Republic by Sir Peter MeddowerLuxury: Hammock

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the great pioneers of heart transplant surgery - Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his dedication to his patients, whether heart transplants are now routinely successful and about some of the earlier controversies which his experimental surgery has attracted. He will also be describing his early ambitions to be a doctor, which were discouraged by his father, and how important music is to him. He often has it playing in the operating theatre. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Fantasia For Piano In D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Pluto's Republic by Sir Peter Meddower Luxury: Hammock

Sir Magdi Yacoub