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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs. 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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29 January 1942. ( 1942-01-29) No. of episodes. 3,227 (28 March 2020) Opening theme. "By the Sleepy Lagoon" by Eric Coates. Website. BBC website. Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
- 29 January 1942
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- Gillian Hush, Olivia Seligman, Angie Nehring, Miranda Birch, Leanne Buckle, Cathy Drysdale
Apr 13, 2024 · Desert Island Discs on Apple Podcasts. 2,000 episodes. Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives. Desert Island Discs BBC Radio 4. Society & Culture. 4.7 • 1.4K Ratings. APR 21, 2024. Professor Alice Roberts, scientist and broadcaster.
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Desert Island Discs was devised by Roy Plomley, who presented the first edition on 29 January 1942. It was recorded two days earlier with comedian Vic Oliver, in the bomb-damaged Maida Vale Studios.
Jan 30, 2012 · For seven decades, “ Desert Island Discs ” has been introduced by the same theme song, “By the Sleeping Lagoon,” composed in 1930, by Eric Coats, and every week a new “castaway” of...