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Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

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Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall was only twenty-four when in she went to live among the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania, and... Read more

14 May 2017

32mins

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Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

Michael Berkeley's guest this week is Alan Bennett. We know him as the much-loved playwright and diarist who's been ente... Read more

20 Dec 2015

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Sebastian Barry's great-grand-father was a traditional Irish musician, who played on the wooden flute and piccolo. His m... Read more

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Geoff Dyer

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Private Passions: Sir Isaiah Berlin

Private Passions: Sir Isaiah Berlin

Philosopher, Isaiah Berlin discusses his personal music choices with Michael Berkeley in 1996 - drawn from the archive t... Read more

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Chris Hadfield

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Anne Sebba

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Greta Scacchi

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Chilly Gonzales

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Clarke Peters

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Christopher Ricks

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