Denis Forman's guest appearances

Denis Forman

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 the former Chairman of Granada Television Sir Denis Forman. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the delights and disasters of a highly eccentric upbringing in Scotland and about his experiences in Italy during the war, where he lost a leg. Also, as the first producer of What the Papers Say, and the originator of the highly popular Jewel in the Crown, he'll be discussing the difficulties of making television programmes which are simultaneously popular and good.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Concerto No 21 in C Major by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBook: Raj Quartet by Paul ScottLuxury: Satellite dish and TV set

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the former Chairman of Granada Television Sir Denis Forman. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the delights and disasters of a highly eccentric upbringing in Scotland and about his experiences in Italy during the war, where he lost a leg. Also, as the first producer of What the Papers Say, and the originator of the highly popular Jewel in the Crown, he'll be discussing the difficulties of making television programmes which are simultaneously popular and good. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Concerto No 21 in C Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Raj Quartet by Paul Scott Luxury: Satellite dish and TV set

Sir Denis Forman