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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: Alan Alda

27/10/1991

Alan Alda

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Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Alan Alda.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the American actor Alan Alda. The son of a vaudeville artist, he shot to fame portraying the wise-cracking, womanising Hawkeye in the television series M.A.S.H. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the part that transformed his life and his initial reluctance to accept it, his childhood years in the burlesque houses of America, and explaining why, despite being a millionaire, he continues to work.

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

Favourite track: Weekend In The Country by Stephen Sondheim
Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Luxury: Italian pasta

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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: Tobacco brands at the 1991 World Baseball Series

Tobacco brands at the 1991 World Baseball Series

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Why did the Federal Trade Commission ban tobacco brands after the World Baseball Series?

Why the Federal Trade Commission decided to ban the sight of tobacco brand names on TV after the 1991 World Baseball Series between the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves.

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