Ewan McGregor

Published: Dec. 30, 2001, 11:15 a.m.

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the actor Ewan McGregor. In the last 10 years, Ewan McGregor has become a star on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to films such as Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Brassed Off and Star Wars - the Phantom Menace. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Dark Lochnagar by Jimmy O'Brien Moran\nBook: In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust\nLuxury: Chromatic Harmonica