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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: Lulu

04/10/1987

Lulu

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Michael Parkinson's castaway is singer Lulu

Michael Parkinson's castaway is singer Lulu.

The castaway this week is Lulu, who, in conversation with Michael Parkinson, recalls her upbringing in a Glasgow tenement and her subsequent career as a singer and actress. In choosing her eight records to take to the island, she reveals an admiration for the vocal styles of Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles.

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

Favourite track: The Greatest Love Of All by Whitney Houston
Book: Where Are You Going? by Swami Muktananda
Luxury: Telephone

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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: Off the hook?

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Off the hook?

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Off the hook?

The one question which might prove the Iran-Contra deal broke no law.

A question of intelligence - the definition which just might prove that providing assistance to the Contras broke no US law.

A question of intelligence - the definition which just might prove that providing assistance to the Contras broke no US law.

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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