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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: Sir Alfred Ayer

28/07/1984

Sir Alfred Ayer

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Roy Plomley's castaway is philosopher Sir Alfred Ayer

Roy Plomley's castaway is philosopher Sir Alfred Ayer.

Sir Alfred Ayer, the philosopher who was for many years the Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University, is perhaps best known for Language, Truth and Logic, a book he wrote when he was only 25, and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. He talks to Roy Plomley about the life of an academic and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: The Italian Girl In Algiers by Gioacchino Rossini
Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell and A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell
Luxury: Le Moulin de la Galette by Renoir

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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.

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Fishing for votes

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Fishing for votes

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Fishing for votes

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When being poor at sports can help a man who's fishing for votes.

When being poor at sports can help a man who's fishing for votes.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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