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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: John Hegarty

23/06/1991

John Hegarty

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Sue Lawley's castaway is advertising executive John Hegarty

Sue Lawley's castaway is advertising executive John Hegarty.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is responsible for many of the images which grace our television screens and billboards. He is advertising man John Hegarty, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about some of the slogans and scenarios he has created - from Vorsprung durch Technik to the Levi's advertisement which features the hero removing his trousers in a laundrette.

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

Favourite track: Stand By Me by John Lennon
Book: The Crock of Gold by James Stephens
Luxury: Clarinet

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Nude dancing in Indiana 

Nude dancing in Indiana 

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American Supreme Court decides whether nude dancing in Indiana violates the 1st Amendment.

Nude dancing in the state of Indiana causes the American Supreme Court to question the violation of the 1st Amendment, and the obscenity of publicly exhibiting genitalia.

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