Sarah Miles - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the actress Sarah Miles. Discovered at the tender age of 18 by Sir Laurence Olivier, and picked by him to play opposite him in Term of Trial, she went on to entertain and entrance in films like The Servant, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and, perhaps most famously, Ryan's Daughter. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her professional and private life - both of which have been characterised by a fair degree of turmoil and turbulence.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Negro Spiritual by Miles
Book: I Ching
Luxury: Word processor

Further episodes of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

Further podcasts by BBC Radio 4

Website of BBC Radio 4