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Desert Island Discs

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Stephen Spender, poet, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the eight gramophone records he would take to a desert island.

(Previously broadcast on July 9)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Stephen Spender
Producer:
Monica Chapman
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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