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Stanley Tucci is an actor, director and writer who is known for his roles in a broad range of feature films including the Devil Wears Prada, Julie and Julia and the Hunger Games. More recently he has whetted the appetites of television viewers with his food and travel series Searching for Italy.

Stanley\\u2019s grandparents left Calabria in southern Italy for a new life in America, where his parents were born. Stanley himself was born in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in the nearby hamlet of Katonah. He studied drama at the State University of New York and in 1985 made his debut in John Huston\\u2019s film Prizzi\\u2019s Honour. \\n \\nIn 1996 he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in Big Night about two brothers who run a struggling Italian restaurant. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance film Festival. In 2002 he starred in Sam Mendes\\u2019s Road to Perdition and he played a serial killer in Peter Jackson\\u2019s film the Lovely Bones. He published his first cookbook in 2012.

Stanley lives in London with his wife, the literary agent Felicity Blunt, and their family.

DISC ONE: Let It Be - The Beatles \\nDISC TWO: Compared to What (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival) - Les McCann & Eddie Harris \\nDISC THREE: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - II. Adagio. Performed by Karl Leister (clarinet) and Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner \\nDISC FOUR: The Weakness in Me - Joan Armatrading \\nDISC FIVE: What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong \\nDISC SIX: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48 - I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato. Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker and conducted by Herbert von Karajan\\nDISC SEVEN: A Foggy Day (In London Town) - Frank Sinatra \\nDISC EIGHT: Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan

BOOK CHOICE: Westward Ha! by S J Perelman \\nLUXURY ITEM: Art supplies \\nCASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Presenter Lauren Laverne\\nProducer Paula McGinley