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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: Robin Hanbury-Tenison

24/11/1984

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

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Roy Plomley's castaway is explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison

Roy Plomley's castaway is explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Robin Hanbury-Tenison divides his time between farming in Cornwall and exploring the remote corners of the world. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he describes his travels in the Sahara, Indonesia, South America and leading the Royal Geographical Society's largest expedition ever to the tropical rainforests of Borneo.

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

Favourite track: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 Aria by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Book: The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Luxury: Cask of claret

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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: George Aiken of Vermont

06/06/2014

George Aiken of Vermont

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Remembering Vermont's longest-serving Senator, George D. Aiken.

An upright man - in his walk, and his ways. Remembering Senator George D. Aiken, the politician who could never be bought.

An upright man - in his walk, and his ways. Remembering Senator George D. Aiken, the politician who could never be bought.

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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