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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: Tom Sharpe

03/11/1984

Tom Sharpe

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Tom Sharpe

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Tom Sharpe.

Tom Sharpe spent much of his early career in South Africa doing social work, teaching and finally running a photographic studio, until he was deported. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his experiences in South Africa and how, after lecturing in History at Cambridge, he finally became a full-time novelist, and he 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: Piano Concerto No 20 in D MInor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Ton of snuff

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

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The achievements of George Gallup, inventor of the Gallup poll, a method of measuring public opinion, and responsible for revolutionary change in the democratic process.

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