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BBC Home Service Basic is a radio channel.

BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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Desert Island Discs

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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.

Roy Plomley

Derek Nimmo

Desert Island Discs: Derek Nimmo

08/05/1967

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Derek Nimmo

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Derek Nimmo

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Derek Nimmo.

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Derek Nimmo.

Favourite track: The Girl from Ipanema by Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
Book: Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Pottery and Porcelain by Geoffrey Godden
Luxury: Garlic

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