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Castaway
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Wildlife photographer who, with her team, inadvertently became embroiled in the Falklands hostilities.
On the island
Eight records
And I've chosen this really because my first memory of any music at all was at a very early age when my father, who had an amazing collection of classical music, every single evening after supper he used to sit me down, and he used to say, Now education time.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
The reason I've chosen it is because, in fact, it is survival's theme music.
I in fact wanted to take an Elvis record with me, but she wouldn't allow it, and as Cindy is the boss I had to obey her. ... So I'd like to take this opportunity of playing an Elvis Presley record, because I think he's got a a magnificent voice.
And this record reminds me very much of one of the islands that Annie and I worked on in the Falkland Islands called Carcass Island.
And in fact I remember this particularly on South Georgia, playing this on a really grim, miserable day, and we used to put this on because it's so violent at the beginning and so loud, I used to turn it up full volume with the door open, really for the penguins as well, because I'm sure they enjoyed it, or we hoped they would.
because it reminds me so much of this wonderful trip on our way down to the Antarctic.
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': V. Shepherd's SongFavourite
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan
really because it seemed so appropriate to South Georgia after one of the mammoth blizzards, and we had quite a number of them.
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Royal Naval College Chapel Choir
And it reminds me of many things. A few days before the invasion of the Falklands and South Georgia, when HMS Endurance was at South Georgia, we went and had a service at the little chapel at the old whaling station ... And we sang this wonderful hymn.
In conversation
Presenter asks
3:41Were you close friends at school?
No, we weren't. Um although we went to school at the same time from eight until sixteen, this was boarding school. ... certainly in those days ... one certainly well, Annie, anyway, who is senior to me, certainly never thought of talking to a junior guy. ... And I was a bit frightened of talking to Menny,'cause she was senior.
Presenter asks
14:54What was your first impression, Annie, when you had this rather extraordinary proposition [to go to the Falklands] put to you?
First of all, I thought the Falkland Islands was in Scotland, so I didn't know what she was getting quite so sort of serious about. ... When I then found out that it was actually eight thousand miles away, Cindy was quite clever. She actually painted a very black picture ... She told me that she was a very difficult to work for. She told me that uh we'd be living in in fairly unusual surroundings ... She said it would be cold and miserable, and above all she said there was no way that if I suddenly decided after three weeks that I didn't enjoy myself and I wanted to go home, there was no way that I could
Presenter asks
16:03Was there a personality clash? Did you ever have a really, a really good stand up, knock em down row?
The keepsakes
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We did, actually. It it came about in the most ridiculous fashion, as all little things do. But it cleared the air, and it made me realise where the dividing line between boss and friend was that in fact Cindy was the boss when we were out filming, and I was her assistant. And I think it also it made me respect Cindy a bit more.
Presenter asks
20:50Were you ever afraid of [the birds]?
It never worried me. I mean, I ha I saw that hitchcock the birds or whatever it was called and that was horrifying. But I think one thought of it as sort of just pure beauty when you saw the sky full of birds. ... the wildlife down there is completely tame and approachable. Because man hasn't been on Scythe Georgia, or very few have been on Scytheorgia, they have not caused the birds to have this instinctive fear of man.
Presenter asks
28:02Which do you look on as your worst moment out of all the trips?
I think I was very fortunate. In the South Atlantic, um I don't think anything too bad, but I do remember there was one occasion in Africa. ... I turned round to see what it was, and I was literally six to ten feet away from six huge lions who were lying right beside me, also watching these crocodiles. ... So I just stayed exactly where I was, looking at these lines. And I think because I didn't move and do anything stupid, the lions watched me. ... after about ten, twenty seconds, they all got up and backed off and then ran away through the bush.