Sixty years after he first appeared on Desert Island Discs, the
Singer returns to talk about suing the
BBC and why he never married
Sir Cliff Richard believes he will never recover from the trauma of the
police raid on his home six years ago, nor from its worldwide media coverage. Although no charges were pressed against the 80-year-old following allegations of historical
Sexual Assault, and though he has since successfully sued the BBC for broadcasting the incident around the world, the singer has said he does not think he will get over it: “It’s not something you can wipe from your memory.”
Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, the veteran entertainer recalls how he collapsed in shock on the floor of his home in Portugal. “I couldn’t stand up and I found myself absolutely weeping like a child,” he says. “I was never suicidal but I thought a couple of times I might die … I’m thinking, ‘I don’t want to kill myself, but this could kill me’.”