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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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Roy Plomley

Miss Read

Desert Island Discs: Miss Read

02/07/1977

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Miss Read

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Miss Read

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Miss Read.

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Miss Read.

Favourite track: The Importance Of Being Ernest (Act 1) by Oscar Wilde
Book: The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802 by James Woodforde
Luxury: Exercise books and ballpoint pens

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