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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: Rocco Forte

05/02/1989

Rocco Forte

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Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman Rocco Forte

Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman Rocco Forte.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the chief executive of Britain's largest hotel and catering chain, an empire which extends from motorway cafes to the grandest hotels in London and Paris. He is Rocco Forte, and he'll be talking about the famed Forte dynasty, his renown as a one-time playboy and his company's continuing battle for ownership of the elusive Savoy hotel.

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

Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Luxury: Snooker table

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics from 1946 – 2004.

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Revenue enhancements and the Nixon files

Revenue enhancements and the Nixon files

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Revenue enhancements and the Nixon files

What is the difference between a tax and a revenue enhancement?

President Bush's proclamation of "no new taxes", the difference between a tax and a revenue enhancement, and the release of President Richard Nixon's secret files.

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