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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: Rt Hon John Biffen MP

25/03/1990

Rt Hon John Biffen MP

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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the Rt Hon John Biffen MP. One of the most popular men at Westminster and a dedicated parliamentarian, he will be talking to Sue Lawley about his early passion for history and politics, his later dismissal from the cabinet by Mrs Thatcher, and also discussing the current debate surrounding the leadership of the Conservative Party.

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

Favourite track: The English Character (speech) by Stanley Baldwin
Book: 1946 Wisden Almanack for cricketers
Luxury: Rain gauge

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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: President Bush's broccoli

President Bush's broccoli

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George H W Bush's dislike of broccoli lands him in trouble with food lobbyists.

Presidential press conferences, the lobbyist system, George Bush's dislike of broccoli, and the power of food as a political tool.

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