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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: Robin Knox-Johnston

02/09/1990

Robin Knox-Johnston

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Sue Lawley's castaway is sailor Robin Knox-Johnston

Sue Lawley's castaway is sailor Robin Knox-Johnston. 

The Desert Island Discs guest this week is someone who should be particularly suited to castaway life - Robin Knox-Johnston was the first man to sail single-handedly non-stop around the world. Since then, he has spent much of his time at sea visiting many islands, deserted or otherwise, and recently he undertook a voyage using only those navigational instruments available to sailors 500 years ago. Very much the adventurous master mariner, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the perils and pleasures of life at sea.

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

Favourite track: Land Of Hope And Glory by Edward Elgar/Benson
Book: Books identifying birds and fish
Luxury: Video recorder and tapes of Queen Mother's parade

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James Baker and Russians in Iraq

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