Listen for free to their radio shows, dj mix sets and podcasts. Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island. They include john peel, lauren bacall, john thaw, david attenborough, ian mckellen, joanna lumley, anthony hopkins, eric clapton, judi dench, noel. Praise to the holiest in the height from the dream of gerontius by edward elgar book. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Conspiratorial revelations keep antonia quirke hooked and thrilled. Fascinating facts and figures about radio 4 s desert island discs. The castaway in desert island discs this week is marianne faithfull. Kodi archive and support file community software vintage software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library console living room software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. Download the best satirical comedy from radio 4, e. May 30, 2015 desert island discs by bbc radio 4 an overview of this podcasts performance on the british itunes chart. Podcast for kids nfb radio 101 sermon podcast pauping off all steak no sizzle podcast church of the oranges daily chapel spring 2012 featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical. Desert island discs revisited begins its run of notable guests on radio 4 extra on 29 january at 10. To search, type desert island discs plus the castaways name.
At the age of 17, when she was still a convent schoolgirl in reading, she shot to fame with the hit single as tears go by. The easiest way to listen to podcasts on your iphone, ipad, android, pc, smart speaker and even in your car. Archive 19711975 bbc personal journals listen on apple podcasts. Aug 29, 2009 the original version was recorded by coates for introducing the bbc radio series desert island discs, which has run since 1942, and the theme is still in use today.
Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today. This week sues castaway is the award winning actor bill nighy. Desert island discs listen via stitcher for podcasts. She was already an avantgarde artist in her own right when, in 1968, she started dating one of the most famous men in the world, john lennon. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs desert island discs podcasts. Desert island discs at 75 will air on bbc radio 4 extra on saturday 28 january at 9am and will be available to download as a podcast after broadcast.
Originally broadcast on bbc radio four in january 1990, johns desert island discs tell the story of his life, standing as a testament to his eclectic and uncompromising taste in music, which he describes during the show with his own inimitable wit. Tutti i podcast piu tutte le radio a portata di click. In 2011 more than 25,000 desert island discs listeners picked their most popular tunes and the winner. Bbc radio 4 celebrates 75th anniversary of desert island. China cups across england are rattling with the excitement of it all, as the great show finally moves into the digital era. Every episode from 1942 to the present day is available to hear on the bbc archive. Ian dury and the blockheads were part vaudeville act and part punk rock band. May 28, 2006 conservative leader david cameron says he believes kgb agents may have tried to recruit him during his gap year. Presenter kirsty young asked mr clegg what luxury item. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, classic desert island.
In part this is down to its format, where each week a famous guest becomes a fantasy castaway. Listen to desert island discs episodes free, on demand. The history of the decline and fall of the roman empire by edward gibbon. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from bbc radio 4, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by listen notes, inc. Desert island discs, an institution as english as fog and cricket, has made 500 episodes going back to 1998 available in an online archive. First broadcast on bbc radio 4 on sunday 10 june 2007. Desert island discs page 2 of 12 tvandradio the guardian. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs desert island discs. Originally from caterham in surrey, he left school at 15 without any qualifications and ended up working at his local employment office. Id just about got over my twitter addiction, was taking it one day at a time, submitting to a higher power, remembering to brush my teeth, and then you go and launch the desert island discs archive and thats another lost weekend. In conversation with roy plomley, he recalls some of the many musicians and composers he knew, including cortot, faure, ravel and dukas. Classic bbc radio theme desert island discs youtube. Singer appeared on radio 4 s long running show all you need to know. May 07, 2017 when was ed sheeran on desert island discs.
Comedy producer john lloyd is interviewed by kirsty young for desert island discs. Past guests on desert island discs include activist gloria steinem, entrepreneur and philanthropist bill gates, and actress dame judi dench. Friday night comedy from bbc radio 4 bbc radio 4 more ways to shop. In theory, you could spend the rest of your life flicking from one. Commemorating 70 years of the muchloved radio 4 programme, desert island discs brings together 40 classical castaway favourites from across the years selected by an incredible range of guests.
Fri 19 nov 2010 italian cookery writer anna del conte joins kirsty young to choose her desert island discs. In an interview for bbc radio 4 s desert island discs he told how suspect agents interrogated him in yalta in what may have been a recruitment drive. Since then, as she tells roy plomley, her career has been extremely varied, including music hall, opera, theatre, a onewoman show and a long spell on radio 4 s week ending programme. Sun 5 apr 2020 roy plomleys castaway is the writer and broadcaster clive james broadcast june 1980. Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of desert island discs. Desert island discs michael parkinsons castaways are the restaurateurs and chefs albert and michel roux broadcast in 1986. Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of desert island discs favourite track. Desert island discs is a classic amongst radio programmes. I like it when people are making records because they have to be made. It was first broadcast on the bbc forces programme on 29 january 1942 each week a guest, called a castaway during the programme, is asked to choose eight 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 lives.
Friday night comedy from bbc radio 4 bbc radio 4 desert island discs bbc radio 4 from our own correspondent podcast bbc radio 4 kermode and mayos film. Deputy pm nick clegg is the castaway on radio 4 s desert island discs on sunday discussing politics, family life and unexpectedly, smoking. In his songs, he created the characters clevor trever and billericay dickie and so invented the original essex man. More than 1 million podcasts online for free on mytuner radio. Radio 1 breakfast best bits with greg james on apple podcasts. Singer and actress, she was the original 1960s wild child. Bbc radio podcasts from desert island discs classic desert island discs jilly cooper kirsty youngs castaway is the writer jilly cooper broadcast in july 2016. Explore the archive with the desert island discs podcasts. Sun 22 mar 2020 dame helena morrissey, campaigner, shares the soundtrack of her life with lauren laverne. Desert island discs is a radio programme broadcast on bbc radio 4.
Rodenburg born in london 1953, an actor turned vocal expert has a way of speaking many full stops that suggests she has long arrived at an understanding of the artificiality of certain notions. Desert island discs archive bbc radio 4 the good web guide. Conservative leader david cameron says he believes kgb agents may have tried to recruit him during his gap year. Search past episodes search past episodes of desert island discs.
Desert island discs archive by bbc radio 4 an overview of this podcasts performance on the british itunes chart. Listen now on bbc iplayer 45 minutes download to keep. An episode of desert island discs with the voice coach patsy rodenburg had a sensational feeling for melodrama in conversation. Listen to yoko ono on bbc radio 4s desert island discs from. Bonus and adfree content available with stitcher premium. Todays castaway on desert island discs confused the rock critics in the late 1970s with songs like sweet gene vincent, reasons to be cheerful and outraged the bbc with sex and drugs and rock and roll. The castaway in this weeks desert island discs is someone who, over the last seven years, has become a superstar of the small screen, playing the venomous alexis carrington in the television soap opera dynasty. Dancing in the street by martha and the vandellas book. Apr 21, 2020 greg is still on his wellearned rest, so we thought wed take this opportunity to hear some of the best bits from the archive, like lewis capaldi singing your bleak mornings, margot robbie and saoirse ronan with the fact controller, prue leiths reaction to gregs impression of her and chris pratt playing unpopular opinion.
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