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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: Miklos Rozsa

01/12/1984

Miklos Rozsa

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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Miklos Rozsa

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Miklos Rozsa.

Miklos Rozsa is best known for his many film scores, including those for The Thief of Baghdad, Ben-Hur and Spellbound, but he has also written several concertos and chamber and instrumental music. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he recalls his childhood in Hungary, his music studies in Germany, and his work after the war in Hollywood.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Collected poems by Endre Ady
Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens

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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: Texas A&M University

06/06/2014

Texas A&M University

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Texas A&M University

Visit to the A&M university - a place built in that typically Texan grand scale.

Not your average university - the Texas A&M does things on a grander scale.

Not your average university - the Texas A&M does things on a grander scale.

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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