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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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Dora Bryan

Desert Island Discs: Dora Bryan

15/03/1987

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Dora Bryan

Michael Parkinson's castaway is actress Dora Bryan

Michael Parkinson's castaway is actress Dora Bryan.

The castaway this week is the actress Dora Bryan whose career, spanning more than 50 years, has ranged from musicals to Shakespeare, review to restoration comedy and from farce to tragedy. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she recalls her long career.

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

Favourite track: Where Or When by Erroll Garner
Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Luxury: Stuffed dog

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