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Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Desert Island Discs: John Peel

14/01/1990

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, John Peel

Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster John Peel

Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster John Peel.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. For over 20 years the guru of pop fans, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his life at public school, his work as a DJ in the States in the early 1960s, his family, his passion for Liverpool Football Club and, of course, his lifelong passion for pop music.

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

Favourite track: Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
Book: Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Luxury: Football

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