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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: Raymond Seitz

17/10/1993

Raymond Seitz

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Sue Lawley's castaway is American ambassador to the UK Raymond Seitz

Sue Lawley's castaway is American ambassador to the UK Raymond Seitz.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the present American Ambassador in London, Raymond Seitz. The first career diplomat ever to be appointed to the job, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he also scored a first by surviving the transition from President Bush to President Clinton earlier this year. He'll also be discussing the role of the American Ambassador in a shifting political climate and describing life in the Ambassador's residence, Winfield House in Regent's Park.

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

Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major K581 Second Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Oxford Anthology of Modern Poetry
Luxury: Big box full of family albums

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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: Johnny Madison Williams

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Can a crook be a national hero, and who was Johnny Madison Williams Jnr?

Bank robber Johnny Madison Williams Junior's story,  leads Cooke to explore the concept of the crook as a national hero, and anticipate the fallout from the OJ Simpson trial.

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