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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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John Gunter

Desert Island Discs: John Gunter

23/07/1983

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, John Gunter

Roy Plomley's castaway is theatre set designer John Gunter

Roy Plomley's castaway is theatre set designer John Gunter.

John Gunter has been a set designer in the theatre for many years, but his astounding sets for two productions at the National Theatre - Guys and Dolls and The Rivals - have focused attention on him. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career as a designer and of its many problems, and he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in B Flat Minor by William Walton
Book: The complete works by Flann O'Brien
Luxury: More William Walton records

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