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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: Joanna Lumley

13/09/1987

Joanna Lumley

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Michael Parkinson's castaway is actress Joanna Lumley

Michael Parkinson's castaway is actress Joanna Lumley.

"The music of Rossini came into my life very early", says actress Joanna Lumley, "I loved him because his music is so happy". In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she recalls her upbringing in the Far East, a convent education and her subsequent theatrical career. She also chooses the other music to accompany Rossini on her sojourn to the desert island.

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

Favourite track: Eroica (First Movement) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Luxury: Specially-commissioned John Ward painting of family & friends

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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: Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination

Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination

President Reagan's controversial nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

President Reagan's nomination of conservative Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, the highest power in the US, has alarmed liberals and heartened far-right Republicans.

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

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