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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: Jose Carreras

06/12/1980

Jose Carreras

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Jose Carreras

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.

Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
Luxury: Velazquez, Les Hilanderas

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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: John Lennon’s assassination

John Lennon’s assassination

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, John Lennon’s assassination

Will the death of John Lennon have an effect on the gun rights lobby in America?

The shooting of John Lennon on the 8th December 1980 sparks a debate over the need for national gun control law in America. 

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

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