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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: Michael Codron

12/11/1989

Michael Codron

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Sue Lawley's castaway is producer Michael Codron

Sue Lawley's castaway is producer Michael Codron.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is theatrical producer Michael Codron. During the 30 years he has been in the business, some of Britain's most eminent modern playwrights - John Mortimer, Alan Ayckbourn and Tom Stoppard for example - started their writing careers under his patronage. He's also turned his hand to popular entertainment in the form of hit plays like Crown Matrimonial and There's a Girl in my Soup. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his successes as well as his failures, and the risky but compulsive character of show business life.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C by Georges Bizet
Book: Caroline and Charlotte by Alison Plowman
Luxury: Jigsaw puzzles

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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: The opening of the Berlin Wall, 1989

The opening of the Berlin Wall, 1989

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Gorbachev proclaims that Germany will not become a capitalist state after reunification.

The opening of the Berlin Wall, the origins of Democracy as the system of government in America, and Gorbachev's warning that Germany will not inevitably turn to capitalism.

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