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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: Lord Roy Jenkins

16/04/1989

Lord Roy Jenkins

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Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Lord Roy Jenkins

Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Lord Roy Jenkins.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Lord Jenkins of Hillhead - formerly Roy Jenkins.

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

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his long and varied political career, which has encompassed periods as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and this country's first President of the European Commission. He'll also be looking back on his Welsh origins and the early days of the Social Democratic Party, of which he was a founding member, as well as challenging his popular image as a claret-drinking intellectual.

Favourite track: Theme (from Enigma Variations) by Edward Elgar
Book: Who Was Who
Luxury: Case of Bordeaux wine

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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: Happy birthday, Charlie Chaplin

Happy birthday, Charlie Chaplin

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A profile of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Charlie Chaplin, and a personal recollection of the comic actor delivered by Alistair Cooke.

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