Desert Island Discs Revisited

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Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Black American Icons: Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

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Actor, comic and producer Whoopi Goldberg is castaway by Kirsty Young.

From Amy Winehouse to Bill Withers. Comic and actress Whoopi Goldberg shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2009.

Actor, comic and producer Whoopi Goldberg shares her castaway choices wiht Kirsty Young.

As a child, Whoopi used to practise the acceptance speeches she was sure she would one day make - little surprise then that she's one of a handful of people to have won an Oscar, a Grammy, a Tony and Emmy awards.

DISC ONE: Lovely Day - Bill Withers
DISC TWO: Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) - Van Morrison
DISC THREE: Shamas-Ud-Doha - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
DISC FOUR: Who knows Where The Time Goes? - Judy Collins
DISC FIVE: Superstition - Stevie Wonder
DISC SIX: Quimbara - Celia Cruz
DISC SEVEN: Me & Mr Jones - Amy Winehouse
DISC EIGHT: The Flower Duet - Joan Sutherland and Jane Berbié

BOOK CHOICE: Letters to a Young Poet - Raine Maria Rilke
LUXURY CHOICE: Wise potato chips
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Lovely Day - Bill Withers

Producer:  Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Black American Icons

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A collection of castaways of leading figures in Black American cultural history.

Marking Black History Month 2023 - a collection of castaways of leading figures in Black American cultural history.

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