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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: Rt Hon Shirley Williams

23/03/1986

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

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Michael Parkinson's castaway is politician the Rt Hon Shirley Williams

Michael Parkinson's castaway is politician the Rt Hon Shirley Williams.

The Rt Hon Shirley Williams is President of the Social Democratic Party. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she talks about her mother Vera Brittain, her life in America during the war as an evacuee, her career; first as a journalist, then as a politician, and her break with the Labour Party to form the SDP.

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

Favourite track: Introduction and Allegro For Strings Opus 4 by Edward Elgar
Book: Collected poems by W B Yeats
Luxury: BBC computer

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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-Libya missile battle

07/06/2014

US-Libya missile battle

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, US-Libya missile battle

Gulf of Sidra missile battle between US and Libya during navy manoeuvres.

Political storm follows naval battle between US and Libya in Gulf of Sidra.

Political storm follows naval battle between US and Libya in Gulf of Sidra.

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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