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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: Elly Ameling

09/02/1985

Elly Ameling

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Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Elly Ameling

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Elly Ameling.

Elly Ameling's career as a singer took off when she won the first prizes in two competitions. In conversation with Roy Plomley, she explains why she devotes most of her time to singing lieder and has only appeared in one opera. She also talks about her occasional forays into cabaret and she chooses the eight records she would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: It Don't Mean A Thing by Ellington
Book: Poetry by Paul Verlaine
Luxury: Buddha statue

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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: US farming in crisis

06/06/2014

US farming in crisis

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, US farming in crisis

Farmers plead for more help as farming subsidies face cuts.

Farm bankruptcies rise as prices fall and Reagan sticks to planned cuts on subsidies.

Farm bankruptcies rise as prices fall and Reagan sticks to planned cuts on subsidies. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

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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