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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: Willie Rushton

18/08/1984

Willie Rushton

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Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Willie Rushton

Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Willie Rushton.

Willie Rushton is a cartoonist, actor, writer and a regular member of quiz game panels. He tells Roy Plomley about how he came to be one of the founders of Private Eye, about the early days of the TV programme That Was the Week That Was, and he chooses 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: I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan by Sam Browne
Book: Anthology by G.K. Chesterton
Luxury: Piano

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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: Mondale's wobbly leadership

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Mondale's wobbly leadership

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Mondale's wobbly leadership

Democrat leader Mondale under fire as the Republican convention opens.

Walter Mondale's wobbly leadership a talking point as the Republicans' glitzy convention takes over Dallas.

Walter Mondale's wobbly leadership a talking point as the Republicans' glitzy convention takes over Dallas.

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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