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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: Reverend David Jenkins

19/01/1992

Reverend David Jenkins

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Sue Lawley's castaway is Lord Bishop of Durham Reverend David Jenkins

Sue Lawley's castaway is Lord Bishop of Durham Reverend David Jenkins.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of Britain's most well-known church leaders, the Right Reverend David Jenkins, the Lord Bishop of Durham. At the age of 60, after a career spent mainly as an academic theologian, he was catapulted into controversy: his views on the virgin birth and the resurrection caused outrage, and his opinions on the divisions between rich and poor infuriated politicians.

He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his surprise at the controversies he caused, and the faith which helped him to remain steadfast through the storm.

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

Favourite track: The Sanctus (Harmoniemesse) by Franz Joseph Haydn
Book: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Luxury: Binoculars

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Governor Bill Clinton

Governor Bill Clinton

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The press scrutiny of the personal life of Governor Bill Clinton in 1992.

Governor Bill Clinton, the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, and the scrutinizing of his personal undertakings.

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