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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: Will Carling

10/05/1992

Will Carling

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Sue Lawley's castaway is rugby player Will Carling

Sue Lawley's castaway is rugby player Will Carling.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is rugby player Will Carling. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how, as a six year old, he dreamed of captaining England, and then, having achieved his ambition at the startlingly early age of 22, he went on to take his team to the final of the World Cup and to win the Grand Slam for the last two years running.

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

Favourite track: What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Book: The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Flotation tank

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