Lord Joffe's guest appearances

Lord Joffe

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010

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George Michael

Ronnie Corbett

Victoria Wood

Antonio Carluccio

Nicholas Parsons

Shirley Williams

Katharine Whitehorn

Peter Maxwell Davies

Arnold Wesker

Jonathan Miller

Lewis Gilbert

Fanny Waterman

Jack Higgins

Peter Mansfield

Haleh Afshar

OwlTail

Michael Bond

Carla Fendi

John Avildsen

Matthew Bannister onLord Joffe, the lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela at the infamous Rivonia trial. He went on to co-found the Allied Dunbar insurance company and sat as a Labour peer in the House of Lords. Michael Bond who created Paddington Bear, the Herbs and the guinea pig Olga Da Polga.Ann Louise Gilligan the former nun who campaigned for her same sex marriage to be recognised in Irish law.Carla Fendi, one of five sisters who turned their family business in Rome into a global fashion brand.And John Avildsen who directed two Rocky films and the Karate Kid.Producer: Neil George.

Matthew Bannister on Lord Joffe, the lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela at the infamous Rivonia trial. He went on to co-found the Allied Dunbar insurance company and sat as a Labour peer in the House of Lords. Michael Bond who created Paddington Bear, the Herbs and the guinea pig Olga Da Polga. Ann Louise Gilligan the former nun who campaigned for her same sex marriage to be recognised in Irish law. Carla Fendi, one of five sisters who turned their family business in Rome into a global fashion brand. And John Avildsen who directed two Rocky films and the Karate Kid. Producer: Neil George.

Lord Joffe, Michael Bond, Ann Louise Gilligan, Carla Fendi, John Avildsen

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Joel Joffe. For many years he was the chairman of Oxfam, before that he set up a hugely successful insurance company and most recently he's been campaigning for terminally ill people to have the right to die. But the career in which he has had the greatest impact is the one he was forced to give up more than 40 years ago - law.In 1963, Joel Joffe was a young defence solicitor, so dismayed by the apartheid system of his native South Africa that he was on the brink of emigrating. Then he was asked to take over the defence of a group of ANC activists including Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and Nelson Mandela. The trial gripped the world and was all the more extraordinary because, far from aiming to secure his clients' freedom, Joel Joffe was simply fighting for them not to receive the death penalty. He tells Kirsty how, even in his prison clothes, Nelson Mandela was a figure of calm authority, who guided them through the trial.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Richard BurtonBook: A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaLuxury: Wind-up radio.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Joel Joffe. For many years he was the chairman of Oxfam, before that he set up a hugely successful insurance company and most recently he's been campaigning for terminally ill people to have the right to die. But the career in which he has had the greatest impact is the one he was forced to give up more than 40 years ago - law. In 1963, Joel Joffe was a young defence solicitor, so dismayed by the apartheid system of his native South Africa that he was on the brink of emigrating. Then he was asked to take over the defence of a group of ANC activists including Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and Nelson Mandela. The trial gripped the world and was all the more extraordinary because, far from aiming to secure his clients' freedom, Joel Joffe was simply fighting for them not to receive the death penalty. He tells Kirsty how, even in his prison clothes, Nelson Mandela was a figure of calm authority, who guided them through the trial. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Richard Burton Book: A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Luxury: Wind-up radio.