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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: Ron Pickering

16/03/1986

Ron Pickering

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Michael Parkinson's castaway is commentator Ron Pickering

Michael Parkinson's castaway is commentator Ron Pickering.

Ron Pickering, the sports commentator, used to coach athletes for the Olympics. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his career, about the problems of modern sport, such as racism, violence and drugs, 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: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini
Book: The Guinness Book of Records
Luxury: Typewriter

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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: Loving Los Angeles

07/06/2014

Loving Los Angeles

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Loving Los Angeles

Time to reconsider that smug, cliched view of the cultured city of Los Angeles.

Time to reconsider that smug, cliched view of the cultured city of Los Angeles.

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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