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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: Raymond Briggs

04/06/1983

Raymond Briggs

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Roy Plomley's castaway is illustrator Raymond Briggs

Roy Plomley's castaway is illustrator Raymond Briggs.

Raymond Briggs began his career as an illustrator after studying art at the Slade School. He first achieved fame through his picture books for children, Father Christmas and Fungus the Bogeyman, but has since moved into the adult world with When the Wind Blows, in which an elderly couple struggle to survive a nuclear attack.

As he told Roy Plomley when they met to choose his eight records, he has now turned this most recent picture book into a stage play.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] 

Favourite track: The Boogie Rocks by Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings 
Book: The complete works by Beachcomber
Luxury: Billiard table with snooker balls and cue

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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: Margaret Thatcher's re-election and the 'special relationship', 1983

Margaret Thatcher's re-election and the 'special relationship', 1983

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Margaret Thatcher's re-election and the 'special relationship', 1983

An American perspective on the re-election of Margaret Thatcher.

Margaret Thatcher's dedication to the 'special relationship' between Britain and America, and journalist James "Scotty" Reston's correct prediction on Thatcher's re-election.

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