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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: Brendan Foster

13/03/1988

Brendan Foster

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Brendan Foster

Michael Parkinson's castaway is athlete Brendan Foster

Michael Parkinson's castaway is athlete Brendan Foster.

In the 1970s, Brendon Foster was our most outstandingly consistent athlete, breaking world records and winning European and Commonwealth titles. He has also promoted Gateshead as an international centre for athletics. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he looks back on his career and considers the pros and cons of athletics today, and he also selects eight records to take with him on an imagined trip to a desert island.

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

Favourite track: Going Home by Mark Knopfler
Book: The Lakeland Peaks (photographs) by W A Poucher
Luxury: Tea

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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: California public health laws

California public health laws

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, California public health laws

Drought, new rules on illegal immigrants in California, the rise of the super computer.

Alistair Cooke is in California, where farmers and manufacturers are facing a drought and tougher rules on illegal immigrants and public health. 

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