Desert Island Discs Revisited

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Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Castaway Novelists: Margaret Drabble

Margaret Drabble

Castaway Novelists

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Desert Island Discs Revisited, Castaway Novelists, Margaret Drabble

From Alan Price to Jean Sibelius. Writer Margaret Drabble makes her castaway choices.

4 Extra Debut. From Alan Price to Jean Sibelius. Writer Margaret Drabble makes her castaway choices. With Sue Lawley. From 2001.

From Alan Price to Jean Sibelius. Novelist and biographer Margaret Drabble makes her castaway choices. With Sue Lawley.

Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Book: Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett
Luxury: Painting by Maurice Cockerill - Ariadne's Thread

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Castaway Novelists

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