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Desert Island Discs
By BBC Radio 4
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
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Sally Mann, photographer and writer
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Computer Scientist
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Sir Salman Rushdie, writer
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Gordon Buchanan, cameraman and presenter
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Margaret Atwood, writer
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Lee Child, writer
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Kate Winslet, actor
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Jojo Moyes, writer
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Jesse Armstrong, writer
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Adeel Akhtar, actor
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Kemi Badenoch MP, leader of the opposition
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Professor Michele Dougherty, scientist
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Tahra Zafar, costume and effects designer
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Richard Young, photographer
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Roula Khalaf, journalist
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Dwayne Fields, explorer
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Jessie Buckley, actor
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Professor Stephen Westaby, surgeon and writer
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Sara Pascoe, comedian and writer
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Si King, cook
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Classic Desert Island Discs - Dr Jane Goodall
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Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
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Classic Desert Island Discs - Dame Donna Langley
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Classic Desert Island Discs - Arsène Wenger
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Classic Desert Island Discs - Whoopi Goldberg
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David Morrissey, actor
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Gary O'Donoghue, journalist
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Emily Watson, actor
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Guy Martin, presenter and former motorcycle racer
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Peter Layton, artist
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Anna Maxwell Martin, actor
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Jo Nesbø, writer
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Norman Cook, DJ and musician
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Professor Liz Morris, glaciologist
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Paul Farmer, charity leader
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Shania Twain, musician
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Sir Roger Deakins, cinematographer
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Emma Grede, businesswoman
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Professor Dame Pamela Shaw
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Chaka Khan, singer and songwriter
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Keith Richards on writing "Satisfaction" in his sleep
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How Kate Moss's modelling break came at an unexpected moment
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Delia Smith on her catchphrase - "Let's be havin' you!"
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How snooker halls became Ronnie O'Sullivan's "creche" from a young age
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Malorie Blackman on receiving 82 rejection letters from publishers
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How hiding in a toilet helped Steven Spielberg get into the movie business
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How Lily Allen brought the house down with a Disney song aged 11
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Warwick Davis on his first role as an Ewok in Star Wars
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Jessica Ennis-Hill on the moment she won Olympic gold
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James Graham on his "stripping vicar" ice-dancing routine
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- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- Podcast
- Language
- en
- Episodes
- 2034
- Format
- episodic
- Website
- www.bbc.co.uk
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