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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: Ronald Eyre

24/02/1991

Ronald Eyre

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Ronald Eyre

Sue Lawley's castaway is director Ronald Eyre

Sue Lawley's castaway is director Ronald Eyre.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is theatre and television director Ronald Eyre. A man of great versatility, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his many outstanding operatic and theatrical productions, as well as his school-teaching days, and his childhood in the Yorkshire mining village of Mapplewell. 

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

Favourite track: The Magic Flute - The Trio Soll Ich, Teurer by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A talking book by Judi Dench
Luxury: Supply of flower bulbs

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

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Kuwait on the map

Kuwait on the map

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Kuwait on the map

The notoriety of Kuwait, Riyadh and Baghdad due to the Gulf War and beyond.

 Kuwait, Riyadh and Baghdad are now known all over America. Alistair Cooke reflects on how war has added new locations to the public conscience.

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