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Desert Island Discs

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.

Desert Island Discs: Laurence Whistler

10/07/1971

Laurence Whistler

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Roy Plomley's castaway is glass engraver and poet Laurence Whistler

Roy Plomley's castaway is glass engraver and poet Laurence Whistler.

Roy Plomley's castaway is glass engraver and poet Laurence Whistler.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare
Luxury: Magnifying glass

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics. Over 900 programmes, as broadcast from 1946 – 2004.

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Louis Armstrong 

Louis Armstrong 

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Louis Armstrong

A profile of trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).

A tribute to trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), his life and music, and how attitudes to jazz have changed since Cooke's teenage years in Blackpool.

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