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Desert Island Discs

Sir Robin Day

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Sir Robin Day. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about going with his father to hear Churchill speak at a political rally when he was a boy, recalling his days at post-war Oxford, the early days at ITN and his long association with politicians in front of the microphone.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: The Drinking Song by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Magnums of champagne Show less

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