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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: David Essex

10/07/1988

David Essex

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, David Essex

Sue Lawley's castaway is pop star David Essex

Sue Lawley's castaway is pop star David Essex.

This week's castaway on Sue Lawley's desert island is a little difficult to categorise. To the record-buying public, he's a pop star of durable quality; to the theatregoers who like musicals, he's an actor-singer, and he's a popular music composer too. His name is David Essex, and, in conversation with Sue Lawley, you can hear about his life, his work and his enthusiasms in Desert Island Discs.

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

Favourite track: March No 1 in D Major (Pomp and Circumstance) by Edward Elgar
Book: The Guinness Book of Records
Luxury: A set of cricket equipment

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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: Indict and remand

Indict and remand

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Indict and remand

The purpose and history of the US Grand Jury, the meanings of indict and remand.

Alistair Cooke reflects on protection rackets in 1930s Manhattan, the meaning of indict and remand, and the purpose and history of the US Grand Jury.

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

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