Where can I listen to old Desert Island Discs?
Where can I listen to old Desert Island Discs?
BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs – Available now.
How many Desert Island Discs are there?
eight discs
What is Desert Island Discs? The format is simple – a guest is invited to choose eight discs, a book and a luxury to take with them as they’re castaway on a mythical desert island. They’re given the complete works of Shakespeare and the Bible.
Is Desert Island Discs on BBC sounds?
BBC Sounds – Desert Island Discs – Available Episodes.
Which guest is Desert Island Discs today?
Thom is today’s guest on Desert Island Discs with Lauren Laverne at 11.15am on BBC Radio 4.
What is the most popular desert island disc?
The most common favourite discs are Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (each chosen by 32 castaways), followed by Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B minor, and Schubert’s String Quintet. The first non-classical favourite is Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World (18th place, 12 castaways).
What are the best Desert Island Discs?
Nine of the most moving Desert Island Discs
- Maya Angelou (1987) – Finding a voice.
- John Lloyd (2012) – Finding a way forward.
- Jacqueline du Pré (1977) – Coping with illness.
- Daniel Barenboim (2006) – Coping with another’s illness.
- Yoko Ono (2007) – The power of love.
- Alfred Wainwright (1988) – The final walk.
What radio channel is Desert Island Discs on?
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs.
What is the most popular song on Desert Island Discs?
The most common favourite discs are Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (each chosen by 32 castaways), followed by Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B minor, and Schubert’s String Quintet.
Who was the guest on desert island Disc today?
Who is the guest on Desert Island Discs this week?
Helen Macdonald, writer and naturalist.
Who was on Desert Island Discs?
People who have been on Desert Island Discs twice.
- Elizabeth Jane Howard. Roy Plomley’s castaway is writer Elizabeth Jane Howard.
- Elizabeth Jane Howard. Sue Lawley’s castaway is novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard.
- John Schlesinger.
- John Schlesinger.
- Alan Parker.
- Alan Parker.
- Alfred Brendel.
- Alfred Brendel.
Who was the first guest on Desert Island Discs?
Vic Oliver
1. The first castaway – marooned on 29 January 1942 – was Vic Oliver, a music-hall star in the 1930s. He was the perfect first interviewee for presenter Roy Plomley, the Wodehousian wannabe actor who devised the show. The first guest was supposed to be the philosopher CEM Joad, but he was indisposed.
