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Radio 4 Extra,26 Apr 2026,45 mins

SeriesSporting Champions

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

Desert Island Discs Revisited

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Paralympic athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson is castaway by Sue Lawley. Tanni has won medals in four Paralympic Games. When she was 19, she competed at Seoul and took the Bronze for the 200m. During the following 12 years her tally of medals has increased to nine golds and three silvers. She was made a Dame in 2005. DISC ONE: Dunvant Male Choir with Band of Welsh Guards - Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah [Bread of Heaven] DISC TWO: Soft Cell - Tainted Love DISC THREE: ABBA - Waterloo DISC FOUR: Mash Company - Theme from MASH: Suicide is Painless DISC FIVE: Blind Melon - No Rain DISC SIX: Steve Coogan - Knowing Me, Knowing You DISC SEVEN: Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus DISC EIGHT: Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Steve Coogan - Knowing Me, Knowing You BOOK CHOICE: A guide to edible foods on a desert island LUXURY CHOICE: Five juggling balls Producer: Christine Pawlowsky First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.

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