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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: Dr Steve Jones

01/03/1992

Dr Steve Jones

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Sue Lawley's castaway is geneticist Dr Steve Jones

Sue Lawley's castaway is geneticist Dr Steve Jones.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is geneticist Dr Steve Jones. Eminent in his field, he's made a lifelong study of the evolution of the snail, the reproduction of the fruit fly and the sex life of the slug. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the study of genetics, reflecting on its disreputable past, analysing the problems of genetic engineering and discussing the research that inspired his recent Reith Lectures, particularly the evidence that proves that most of the world has descended from 10 Africans.

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

Favourite track: The Fossils by Camille Saint-Saëns
Book: Valley of Bones by Anthony Powell
Luxury: Stuffed body of the Minister of Education

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics. Over 900 programmes, as broadcast from 1946 – 2004.

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The executive branch

The executive branch

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Why a change of president does not necessarily mean a shift in power, and why it takes so long to move in, and out, of the White House.

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