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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: Dervla Murphy

17/01/1993

Dervla Murphy

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Dervla Murphy

Sue Lawley's castaway is cyclist and writer Dervla Murphy

Sue Lawley's castaway is cyclist and writer Dervla Murphy.

Sue Lawley's castaway is cyclist and writer Dervla Murphy.

Favourite track: Triple Concerto in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Diary by Samuel Pepys
Luxury: A still (to distill berries, etc. into drink)

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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:  President Clinton's inauguration

 President Clinton's inauguration

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, President Clinton's inauguration

A look at the history of presidential inaugurations.

A costly inauguration for President Clinton, and the traditions of the ceremony as followed by Presidents Jefferson, Carter and Reagan.

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