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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: Doris Stokes

06/04/1985

Doris Stokes

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Doris Stokes

Roy Plomley's castaway is medium Doris Stokes

Roy Plomley's castaway is medium Doris Stokes.

Doris Stokes, the medium, first heard spirit voices when she was only four years old. In conversation with Roy Plomley, she talks about her experiences which include a brief visit to the spirit world, and she explains how she uses her gift to help others by putting them in touch with relations who have passed over.

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

Favourite track: One Day At A Time by Lena Martell
Book: The complete Andy Capp
Luxury: Photograph album of family, friends and pets

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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: Politicising the dictionary

06/06/2014

Politicising the dictionary

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Politicising the dictionary

Politically-slanted definitions have appeared in a new Oxford dictionary.

Row over the new Russian version of the Oxford dictionary which contains politically-slanted definitions.

Row over the new Russian version of the Oxford dictionary which contains politically-slanted definitions.

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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