Josephine Cox's guest appearances

Josephine Cox

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010

Last Word

Fanny Waterman

Victoria Wood

Antonio Carluccio

Nicholas Parsons

Haleh Afshar

Shirley Williams

Katharine Whitehorn

Peter Maxwell Davies

Lord Rix

Arnold Wesker

Lord Joffe

Jonathan Miller

Lewis Gilbert

Jack Higgins

Peter Mansfield

OwlTail

Stuart Wheeler

Miloš Jakeš

Pictured: Stuart WheelerMatthew Bannister onStuart Wheeler, the spread betting tycoon who used his millions to fund anti-EU political parties and campaigns.Josephine Cox, the multi-million selling author whose novels often drew on her working class childhood in Blackburn.Miloš Jakeš, the General Secretary of the Czech Communist Party at the time of the Velvet Revolution.Peter Green, the revered guitarist who founded Fleetwood Mac, but later suffered severe mental health problems.Interviewed guest: Philip CollinsInterviewed guest: Kimberley Young Interviewed guest: Professor Mary Heimann Interviewed guest: Bernie MarsdenProducer: Steven WilliamsArchive clips from: HARDtalk, BBC News 24 11/10/2019; General Election, ITN 24/05/2001; Nigel Farage on Stuart Wheeler, VoteLeaveMedia 02/04/2009; A Woman’s Fortune by Josephine Cox, read by Carole Boyd, Audible/HarperCollins 2018; Woman's Hour, Radio 4 02/09/1999; Woman’s Hour, Radio 4 09/10/2001; The Lion’s Den by Josephine Cox, read by Robert Glenister, Radio 4 Extra 24/04/2011; The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968, BBC News 21/08/2018; Miloš Jakeš speech, Radio Free Europe 17/07/1989; People’s Century: 1989: People Power, BBC One 16/02/1997; BBC News, BBC One 10/12/1989; Peter Green: Man of the World, BBC Four 04/02/2011; The Works: Peter Green: A Hard Road, BBC Two 03/10/1996.

Pictured: Stuart WheelerMatthew Bannister onStuart Wheeler, the spread betting tycoon who used his millions to fund anti-EU political parties and campaigns.Josephine Cox, the multi-million selling author whose novels often drew on her working class childhood in Blackburn.Miloš Jakeš, the General Secretary of the Czech Communist Party at the time of the Velvet Revolution.Peter Green, the revered guitarist who founded Fleetwood Mac, but later suffered severe mental health problems.Interviewed guest: Philip Collins Interviewed guest: Kimberley Young Interviewed guest: Professor Mary Heimann Interviewed guest: Bernie MarsdenProducer: Steven WilliamsArchive clips from: HARDtalk, BBC News 24 11/10/2019; General Election, ITN 24/05/2001; Nigel Farage on Stuart Wheeler, VoteLeaveMedia 02/04/2009; A Woman’s Fortune by Josephine Cox, read by Carole Boyd, Audible/HarperCollins 2018; Woman's Hour, Radio 4 02/09/1999; Woman’s Hour, Radio 4 09/10/2001; The Lion’s Den by Josephine Cox, read by Robert Glenister, Radio 4 Extra 24/04/2011; The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968, BBC News 21/08/2018; Miloš Jakeš speech, Radio Free Europe 17/07/1989; People’s Century: 1989: People Power, BBC One 16/02/1997; BBC News, BBC One 10/12/1989; Peter Green: Man of the World, BBC Four 04/02/2011; The Works: Peter Green: A Hard Road, BBC Two 03/10/1996.

Stuart Wheeler, Josephine Cox, Miloš Jakeš, Peter Green

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the novelist Josephine Cox. Josephine Cox is one of Britain's most popular authors. She became an overnight publishing sensation at the relatively late age of 43 and has written 34 books which have sold 15 million copies worldwide. Now, her publishers print 'bestseller' on the cover of each new work, they're so confident of its success. But it was by no means a straightforward route to fame and fortune. She was born in Blackburn during World War II and grew up in dire poverty. As a child, she used to charge her school friends a penny for her to tell them a story, she and her siblings slept six to a bed, and they used to drink water out of jam-jars. One of her teachers recognised her talents and prophesied her future success as a writer. But it was only decades later when, convalescing after an illness, she had the time to pick up a pen and write. Her first book was accepted immediately and she has been writing two books a year ever since. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Imagine by John LennonBook: "A book which is in my head about my brother"Luxury: Photo album of my family

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the novelist Josephine Cox. Josephine Cox is one of Britain's most popular authors. She became an overnight publishing sensation at the relatively late age of 43 and has written 34 books which have sold 15 million copies worldwide. Now, her publishers print 'bestseller' on the cover of each new work, they're so confident of its success. But it was by no means a straightforward route to fame and fortune. She was born in Blackburn during World War II and grew up in dire poverty. As a child, she used to charge her school friends a penny for her to tell them a story, she and her siblings slept six to a bed, and they used to drink water out of jam-jars. One of her teachers recognised her talents and prophesied her future success as a writer. But it was only decades later when, convalescing after an illness, she had the time to pick up a pen and write. Her first book was accepted immediately and she has been writing two books a year ever since. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Imagine by John Lennon Book: "A book which is in my head about my brother" Luxury: Photo album of my family