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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: Sue Lawley

08/11/1987

Sue Lawley

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Michael Parkinson's castaway is journalist Sue Lawley

Michael Parkinson's castaway is journalist Sue Lawley.

Sue Lawley admits to being the kind of person whose tummy goes ping when she hears a certain tune and thinks "Ah yes, I remember that, it brings back lovely memories." In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she looks back on her upbringing in Worcestershire, her early days as a journalist and subsequent career as one of our most popular television presenters. She also chooses her eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David
Luxury: Iron and ironing board

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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: Warnings for Gorbachev

08/06/2014

Warnings for Gorbachev

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Warnings for Gorbachev

Observers fear that Gorbachev's reforms could end in a coup.

Misgivings over future of Gorbachev and modernising reforms voiced by commentators.

Misgivings over future of Gorbachev and modernising reforms voiced by commentators.

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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