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Desert Island Discs

Lord Donoughue

Duration: 40 minutes

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

The castaway this week is Lord Donoughue, who, in conversation with Michael Parkinson, traces the course of his career from working-class beginnings, to Oxford, to the world of politics (he was senior advisor to two Labour Prime Ministers) and to merchant banking.

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

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