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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: Reverend Ian Paisley

07/08/1988

Reverend Ian Paisley

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Reverend Ian Paisley

Sue Lawley's castaway is Northern Ireland MP/MEP Reverend Ian Paisley

Sue Lawley's castaway is Northern Ireland MP/MEP Reverend Ian Paisley.

Sue Lawley's castaway is Northern Ireland MP/MEP Reverend Ian Paisley.

Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by The Reformed Presbyterian Church Of Ireland Northern Presbytery Choir
Book: Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
Luxury: High-powered radio

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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: Ed Koch, Mayor of New York

Ed Koch, Mayor of New York

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Ed Koch, Mayor of New York

A look at the daily tasks and problems faced by New York's mayor Ed Koch.

A look at the problems faced by New York's mayor Ed Koch, his weekly interrogation by the public on TV and his attempts to fight drug use and keep New York's beaches clean. 

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

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