Classic Desert Island Discs: Brian Redhead - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Another chance to listen to the journalist and broadcaster speaking to Michael Parkinson in 1986. Brian Redhead presented the Today programme for almost 20 years. He talks about his appearance on Children's Hour as a clarinetist, his early days as a journalist on the Manchester Guardian and his editorship of the Manchester Evening News.Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor - 2nd Movement by Johannes Brahms

Book: Commentary on the Bible by Arthur PinkLuxury: Taj Mahal

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