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Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Absent Friends: Dame Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Lynn

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Wartime forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley.

From Lloyd Webber to her own songs. Wartime forces' sweetheart Vera Lynn shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From 1989.

From Andrew Lloyd Webber to her own songs. 

Wartime forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. 

Recalling her own Second World War experiences – from performing in front of servicemen as far away as Burma, and as close to home as London's Regent's Park. 

Ever since then, Dame Vera was constantly in demand all over the world for her singing and her songs, reviving as they do wartime memories both happy and sad.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1989

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Absent Friends

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Remembering some castaways from Desert Island Discs who passed away in 2020.

Remembering the  castaways who passed away in 2020. From the Desert Island Discs archive.

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