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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: Roger Vadim

27/07/1986

Roger Vadim

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Roger Vadim

Michael Parkinson's castaway is writer and director Roger Vadim

Michael Parkinson's castaway is writer and director Roger Vadim.

Roger Vadim, the French writer and director, sprang to fame with his first film And God Created Woman, starring Brigitte Bardot. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his upbringing in France during the war, his way of doing National Service, and his films, many of which starred his several wives.

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

Favourite track: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf
Book: Death on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Luxury: Chess 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.

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Averell Harriman (1891-1986)

Averell Harriman (1891-1986)

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Averell Harriman (1891-1986)

A tribute to politician and diplomat Averell Harriman who served five presidents. 

A tribute to politician and diplomat Averell Harriman, former US Ambassador, Governor of New York and a leading official in the Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy administrations

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

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