Old Desert Island Discs Interviews

[Yehudi]

Spotify has an archive of a bunch of old broadcasts. For those who aren’t familiar with the program, the guest (castaway) chooses 8 tracks, a book, and a luxury item to take on a desert Island, as well as talking about their lives.

Here is Robin Cousins

Robin Cousins

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985 · Episode

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John Curry

John Curry

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 · Episode

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Torvill and Dean

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean - Desert Island Discs

Kirsty Young's castaways this week are the ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. It's 30 years since they enthralled the world winning gold at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. So memorable, it was truly a "where were you when" moment: the answer for most of us seems to have been in...

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[morqet]

They are also available worldwide on the Radio 4 website for those that don't have Spotify:
Cousins: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mvjt
Curry: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mzxt
T&D: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vd02p

 

[SkateGuard]

Thank you both for taking the time to share these - they are great!