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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: Alan Bleasdale

25/08/1991

Alan Bleasdale

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Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright Alan Bleasdale

Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright Alan Bleasdale.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is playwright Alan Bleasdale. Often controversial, and always funny, Bleasdale's work focuses on life in Liverpool, a city he loves and whose characters people his most famous plays - Boys from the Blackstuff and GBH. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his intense love of family, his work and, as a self-confessed hypochondriac, he will be revealing some of his fears.

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

Favourite track: Shelter From The Storm by Bob Dylan
Book: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Luxury: Nail clippers

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