Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010 Podcast Episodes featuring Philippe Petit

Philippe Petit

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010 - April 10, 2005 10:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 126 ratings
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the high wire walker Philippe Petit. Since the age of 17 Petit had been, in his own words, a 'wandering troubadour', making a living by doing magic in the salons of Paris. Notre Dame became the site of Petit's first illegal wirewalk, on 6th June 1971. On 7th Au...