Professor Dame Carol Black
Kirsty Young interviews academic and policy advisor Professor Dame Carol Black.
Kirsty Young's castaway is Professor Dame Carol Black.
She is Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, and is a special adviser to the Department of Health and Public Health England. She is also Chair of the Board of the Nuffield Trust, the health policy think tank.
She read History at Bristol University before beginning her medical career with encouragement from Dame Cecily Saunders, the founder of the hospice movement. She was Head of Rheumatology at London's Royal Free Hospital from 1989-1994, and was Medical Director of the hospital between 1995 and 2002. She's an international expert on scleroderma, a skin and tissue auto-immune disease, and is the second woman to become President of the Royal College of Physicians.
She was made a Dame in 2005 for her services to Medicine.
Producer: Cathy Drysdale.
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Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
The Trumpet Shall Sound (from Messiah)
Performer: John Tomlinson. Performer: The English Concert Choir. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Messiah.
- Polydor.
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Francesco Cilea
Lo son lÂ’umile ancella (AdrianaÂ’s Aria)
Performer: Renata Scotto. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.- Adriana Lecouvreur.
- CBS.
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Ted Nash Big Band
Ether
- Chakra.
- Plastic Sax.
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Vincent Youmans
Tea for Two
Performer: Daniel Hiribarrondo.- La Danse Par Le Disque – Classe de Sylvia Dorame; Vol. 8.
- Arion.
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Bright Sheng
The Song and Dance of Tears
Performer: Hong Kong Philharmonic. Conductor: Bright Sheng.- The Blazing Mirage.
- Naxos.
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CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate Dominum
Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Vespere Solennes De Confessore.
- Philips.
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The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge
There is No Rose
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Gene Kelly
SinginÂ’ In The Rain
- SinginÂ’ In the Rain.
- Snapper Music.
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BOOK CHOICE
The Assassin’s Cloak by Irene & Alan Taylor
LUXURY ITEM
Chanel No. 19
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Carol Black |
Producer | Cathy Drysdale |
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Feb 2016 11:15Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
- Fri 12 Feb 2016 09:00Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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