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The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites guests to choose eight pieces of music which they would take with them to a hypothetical desert island. They are also invited to select a book of their choosing (in addition to the Bible or a comparable religious text for the guest, and the complete works of William Shakespeare), and one luxury item (provided it is inanimate and would not ...
The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible – or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs – and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely.
Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. [1]Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight audio recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their ...
The 46-year-old broadcaster, best known for hosting the BBC evening show and Radio 4’s flagship interview show Desert Island Discs, said on Instagram on Sunday that she will be returning to The ...
Ellie Harrison looks back on the interviews with sports heroes that have made us laugh and cry
The 46-year-old broadcaster, best known for hosting Radio 4’s flagship interview show Desert Island Discs, said on Instagram on Sunday that she will be returning to The One Show studio on ...
The choices of book and luxury can sometimes give insight into the guest's life, and the choices of guests from 2011 to 2020. Desert Island Discs takes two short breaks, in (the northern) spring and summer. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts new programmes for approximately 42 weeks each year on Sunday mornings, usually with a repeat transmission 5 days later.
In March 2024 Roberts was the guest for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where her musical choices included "Monkey Gone to Heaven" by the Pixies, "Temple of Love" by The Sisters of Mercy, and "Sugar" by System of a Down. [86]