Patricia Routledge

Sue Lawley's castaway is the actress Patricia Routledge. Once voted the nation's favourite actress for her television roles as Hyacinth Bucket and Hetty Wainthrop, she has also been successful in the theatre, in musicals, and of course in Alan Bennett's monologues Talking Heads. In conversation with Sue Lawley, she talks about her life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: String Quintet in C Major - Adagio by Franz Schubert Book: The collected works by John Donne Luxury: Tea service with tea

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Patricia Routledge is an episode from Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000 by BBC.

This episode is 38:34 long.

This episode was published on Aug 8, 1999.

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