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Your Desert Island music

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 12 Feb 18

The BBC Radio Show Desert Island Discs has been running since 1942. In the show, a guest celebrity is asked for their choice of eight "gramophone records" (I did say it started in 1942!) that they would want to be marooned with....

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What would your Desert Island luxury be?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 9 Feb 18

On the BBC Radio show Desert Island Discs, guests are asked what luxury they would like to take with them when marooned on their desert island. The emphasis is on luxury - the item must not be of any practical value, or be used...

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One book, apart from the Bible and Shakespeare

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 17 Sep 15

At the end of "Desert Island Discs" on BBC Radio it is traditional for the guest to be asked what book they would take with them to their desert island - it is assumed that the Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare have...

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Desert Island Discs...

MJay101 @MJay101 (710) 15 Nov 09

Okay - I'm sure this has been done before on MyLot, and I'm sure it'll be done again, but still, it's Desert Island Discs time! You're shipwrecked on a desert island. Fortunately, some goods survived the wreck: enough food and...

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