Sue Townsend
08 Dec 1991
Contributed by Lukas
The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is writer Sue Townsend. Her most famous creation is Ad...
Fred Dibnah
01 Dec 1991
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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is a man who, for the past 26 years, has earned his li...
Dilys Powell
24 Nov 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the film critic Dilys Powell. She began reviewing f...
James Lovelock
17 Nov 1991
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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is scientist James Lovelock. The son of a South London...
Lord Delfont
10 Nov 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the man who brought the Folies Bergere to Britain a...
E P Thompson
03 Nov 1991
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the historian EP Thompson. As a lifelong peace ca...
Alan Alda
27 Oct 1991
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the American actor Alan Alda. The son of a vaudev...
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
20 Oct 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Director of one of Britain's...
John Schlesinger
13 Oct 1991
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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the film director John Schlesinger. Like many other...
Imran Khan
06 Oct 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan. Educated at Oxf...
David Bailey
29 Sep 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the photographer David Bailey. Born and bred in the...
Klaus Tennstedt
22 Sep 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the conductor Klaus Tennstedt. When, at 45, he defe...
John Banham
15 Sep 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the most important figures in British indust...
Bernice Rubens
08 Sep 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Bernice Rubens. She'll be talking to Sue...
Maxwell Hutchinson
01 Sep 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the architect Maxwell Hutchinson. Unafraid of contr...
Alan Bleasdale
25 Aug 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is playwright Alan Bleasdale. Often controversial, and...
Lord Shawcross
07 Jul 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week will be the lawyer and politician Lord Shawcross. As A...
Ron Todd
30 Jun 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Ron Todd - leader of Britain's largest trade union,...
John Hegarty
23 Jun 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is responsible for many of the images which grace our ...
A S Byatt
16 Jun 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist and critic A S Byatt. Winner of the 19...
Derek Walcott
09 Jun 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is poet and playwright Derek Walcott. Recent winner of...
Marco Pierre White
02 Jun 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week has been described as the 'enfant terrible' of the res...
Rt Hon John Smith
26 May 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a politician who is seen in many quarters as the La...
John Simpson
19 May 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is John Simpson. Recently honoured by the Royal Televi...
Cecil Lewis
12 May 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is an author and adventurer. Now 93 years old, Cecil L...
Dame Shirley Porter
28 Apr 1991
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The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is Dame Shirley Porter, who, as Lady Porter, was the f...
Dr Jonathan Sacks
21 Apr 1991
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Chief Rabbi Elect Dr Jonathan Sacks is the castaway on Desert Island Discs this week. This avowedly ...
Lord King
14 Apr 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week will be the industrialist Lord King of Wartnaby, Chair...
Naomi Mitchison
07 Apr 1991
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Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Naomi Mitchison.Favourite track: Kishmull's Galley by Kenneth McKell...
Marti Caine
24 Mar 1991
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This week's castaway in Desert Island Discs is the entertainer Marti Caine. Although her public life...
Sir Trevor Holdsworth
17 Mar 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the industrialist and ex-president of the CBI Sir T...
Jeffrey Bernard
10 Mar 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Spectator columnist Jeffrey Bernard. His Low Li...
Sir Denis Forman
03 Mar 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the former Chairman of Granada Television Sir Denis...
Ronald Eyre
24 Feb 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is theatre and television director Ronald Eyre. A man ...
Dame Ninette De Valois
17 Feb 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Britain's most distinguished ballet mistress Dame N...
Paddy Ashdown MP
10 Feb 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown. ...
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf
03 Feb 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs is a German politician who became an English academic. The Germa...
Brian Eno
27 Jan 1991
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A variety of labels can be stuck on this week's Desert Island Discs castaway - from rock musician to...
Fred Zinnemann
20 Jan 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs is a man who has directed some of the most popular and memorable...
Adelaide Hall
13 Jan 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is jazz singer Adelaide Hall. Now in her 80s and still...
Lord Goodman
06 Jan 1991
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a man who has, on occasion, been described as the M...
Keith Floyd
30 Dec 1990
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is television cook Keith Floyd. Renowned for his garru...
Brian Keenan
23 Dec 1990
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Last August the world rejoiced at the liberation of a man who, to all intents and purposes, had vani...
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
02 Dec 1990
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the great European artists of today - Eduard...
Baroness Trumpington
25 Nov 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs rejoices in the title of the Baroness Trumpington of...
Elisabeth Welch
18 Nov 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the black American singer Elisabeth Welch, who, i...
Rt Hon Barbara Castle
11 Nov 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the Baroness Castle of Blackburn - better known t...
Lord Annan
04 Nov 1990
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a man who, among many other achievements, gave his ...
Nicholas Snowman
28 Oct 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the General Director of the South Bank, Nicholas ...
Ernie Wise
21 Oct 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is comedian Ernie Wise. Since Eric Morecambe's death...
Clive Jenkins
14 Oct 1990
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the most colourful and controversial members...
John Thaw
07 Oct 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is an actor who rose to fame by portraying two rathe...
Gary Lineker
30 Sep 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the captain of the England football team Gary Lin...
Barbara Windsor
23 Sep 1990
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This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is the effervescent actress Barbara Windsor. She'll be talk...
Dr Ruth Westheimer
16 Sep 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer.Born in Germany ...
Lord Charteris
09 Sep 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a pillar of the British Establishment, Lord Chart...
Robin Knox-Johnston
02 Sep 1990
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The Desert Island Discs guest this week is someone who should be particularly suited to castaway lif...
Jean Rook
15 Jul 1990
Contributed by Lukas
The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs claims to be the highest-paid woman journalist in Br...
Peter Jonas
08 Jul 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the General Director of the English National Oper...
Kaffe Fassett
01 Jul 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the man who can be credited with having made knit...
George Carman QC
24 Jun 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of the country's most expensive and sought-af...
Harold Fielding
17 Jun 1990
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is theatrical impresario Harold Fielding. The name beh...
Maeve Binchy
10 Jun 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is novelist Maeve Binchy. During her Catholic childh...
Ken Dodd
03 Jun 1990
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Tickling sticks, diddy men, Knotty Ash - all these can mean but one thing: that this week's Desert I...
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
27 May 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a politician. Elected to Sheffield City Council a...
Jonathan Pryce
20 May 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is actor Jonathan Pryce. Since the early 1970s, he h...
Molly Keane
13 May 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of the most highly acclaimed writers of today...
Prue Leith
06 May 1990
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Prue Leith, professional cook, restaurateur and, mo...
June Whitfield
29 Apr 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of the most familiar and best-loved figures o...
Mary Wesley
22 Apr 1990
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This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is novelist Mary Wesley. Although she has written poetry an...
Sir Crispin Tickell
15 Apr 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Sir Crispin Tickell, Britain's Ambassador to the ...
Rt Hon John Biffen MP
25 Mar 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the Rt Hon John Biffen MP. One of the most popula...
Richard Rogers
18 Mar 1990
Contributed by Lukas
The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's leading and most controversial a...
Professor Sir George Porter
11 Mar 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is scientist Professor Sir George Porter. Currently ...
Sir Ian Trethowan
04 Mar 1990
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This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is Sir Ian Trethowan. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about ...
John Sessions
25 Feb 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is, by his own account, very difficult to classify -...
John Pilger
18 Feb 1990
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the journalist John Pilger. He'll be talking to Sue...
Michael Tilson Thomas
11 Feb 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the American conductor and virtuoso Michael Tilso...
Sarah Miles
04 Feb 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the actress Sarah Miles. Discovered at the tender...
Lord Weidenfeld
28 Jan 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a publisher; a man who came to this country 52 ye...
Sir Robin Day
21 Jan 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Sir Robin Day. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley abo...
John Peel
14 Jan 1990
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. For over 20 years ...
Dennis Skinner
07 Jan 1990
Contributed by Lukas
This week's castaway is Dennis Skinner MP. Recently described as the backbenchers' backbencher, he'l...
Dirk Bogarde
31 Dec 1989
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In this week's edition of Desert Island Discs the castaway is film actor and writer Dirk Bogarde. Am...
HRH The Duchess of Kent
24 Dec 1989
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The castaway in this week's edition of Desert Island Discs is Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent...
Pauline Collins
17 Dec 1989
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is actress Pauline Collins. As someone who has been ...
Rt. Hon. Nigel Lawson
03 Dec 1989
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Laws...
Lady Mosley
26 Nov 1989
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This episode of Desert Island Discs exists for reference, as part of the most complete possible arch...
Seamus Heaney
19 Nov 1989
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This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is Seamus Heaney, a Catholic Ulsterman who has been acclaim...
Michael Codron
12 Nov 1989
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is theatrical producer Michael Codron. During the 30...
Ian Botham
05 Nov 1989
Contributed by Lukas
If you were told that this week's Desert Island Discs castaway took ballet lessons as a child, was a...
Colin Thubron
22 Oct 1989
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The castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron. Author ...
Alan Plater
15 Oct 1989
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This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is playwright Alan Plater. He has been writing plays for ra...
Jack Lemmon
08 Oct 1989
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This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is veteran actor Jack Lemmon. With nearly 50 films to his n...
Lucinda Lambton
01 Oct 1989
Contributed by Lukas
The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a woman of many passions - passions for places, p...
John Ogdon
24 Sep 1989
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Desert Island Discs will be a form of tribute to the pianist John Ogdon, who died last m...
Penelope Lively
17 Sep 1989
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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's leading writers, Penelope Lively...
Eric Clapton
10 Sep 1989
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The castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is one of the legendary figures of the British rock ...
Dame Vera Lynn
03 Sep 1989
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Radio 4's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, ...
Sir Thomas Armstrong
16 Jul 1989
Contributed by Lukas
This week's castaway is Sir Thomas Armstrong, formerly Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, and ...