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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

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Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is novelist Maeve Binchy. During her Catholic childhood in a small Irish... Read more

10 Jun 1990

37mins

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Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

The son of Italian immigrants, Antony Benedetto started singing competitively with his brother and earned a living as a ... Read more

4 Jan 1987

33mins

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Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis has been making very popular records for some 30 years. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he recalls... Read more

8 Mar 1987

30mins

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Dame Edna Everage

Dame Edna Everage

Sue Lawley's castaway is comedian Dame Edna Everage.Favourite track: I Feel Pretty by Kiri Te KanawaBook: FilofaxLuxury:... Read more

17 Jul 1988

34mins

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney

This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is Seamus Heaney, a Catholic Ulsterman who has been acclaimed by many as the be... Read more

19 Nov 1989

39mins

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Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman is perhaps best known for her role in the television series Agony, but much of her work has been in the t... Read more

19 Jan 1986

33mins

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Lulu

Lulu

The castaway this week is Lulu, who, in conversation with Michael Parkinson, recalls her upbringing in a Glasgow tenemen... Read more

4 Oct 1987

31mins

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Dr Ruth Westheimer

Dr Ruth Westheimer

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer.Born in Germany in the late 1920s, h... Read more

16 Sep 1990

36mins

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John Thaw

John Thaw

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is an actor who rose to fame by portraying two rather different sorts of... Read more

7 Oct 1990

36mins

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Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins lives in Beverley Hills, California, and writes novels, all of which appear in the bestseller lists, and ... Read more

7 Dec 1986

32mins

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John Peel

John Peel

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. For over 20 years the guru of pop fans... Read more

14 Jan 1990

36mins

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Richard Rogers

Richard Rogers

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's leading and most controversial architects Richard Ro... Read more

18 Mar 1990

38mins

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Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

"The music of Rossini came into my life very early", says actress Joanna Lumley, "I loved him because his music is so ha... Read more

13 Sep 1987

35mins

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HRH The Duchess of Kent

HRH The Duchess of Kent

The castaway in this week's edition of Desert Island Discs is Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. After a lifelong d... Read more

24 Dec 1989

40mins

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Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the captain of the England football team Gary Lineker. Apprenticed to... Read more

30 Sep 1990

34mins

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Sarah Miles

Sarah Miles

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the actress Sarah Miles. Discovered at the tender age of 18 by Sir La... Read more

4 Feb 1990

38mins

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Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is actor Jonathan Pryce. Since the early 1970s, he has taken on many gui... Read more

20 May 1990

36mins

Ranked #18

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Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is the effervescent actress Barbara Windsor. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley ab... Read more

23 Sep 1990

35mins

Ranked #19

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Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the American conductor and virtuoso Michael Tilson Thomas. As well as... Read more

11 Feb 1990

38mins

Ranked #20

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Ken Russell

Ken Russell

Ken Russell has directed many films, including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, The Boyfriend and Gothic, his latest. In... Read more

22 Feb 1987

34mins

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