They always had a desert island disc section wherein people would write to the magazine and advise what their discs were. The main goal is to explore the dataset and investigate the possibility of predicting the music choices of future guests. Id pick it up whenever i was in there which was fairly frequently. I listen religiously to desert island discs every week on uk bbc radio 4 and i can never believe it when the guests dont take some beatles and dylan. Listen for free to their radio shows, dj mix sets and podcasts. Beryl bainbridge began her career as an assistant stage manager at the liverpool playhouse, and went on to become a writer. On saturday mornings i used to listen to the bbc and their program desert island discs.
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. Stream tracks and playlists from desert island discs 61. Professor louise richardson desert island discs on acast. Naturally, as a shogi fan, i wonder if there are eight games of shogi that are sufficiently puzzling, innovative, exciting, etc, to keep my interest for an indefinite. Desert island discs is a bbc radio program on which guests choose eight records that theyd like to have with them if they were stranded on a desert island. Seven decades of desert island discs the new yorker. In an era of everincreasing digital resources and scholarly interest in recent language change, there remains an enormous disparity. Back in 1989, i joined sue lawley on bbc radio 4s desert island discs to talk about my family, virgin, my adventures, and of course, the hypothetical pleasures and perils of being a castaway on a desert island. Kirsty youngs castaway this week is the comedian and television presenter ow jimmy carr. The morning is sleepin time, the afternoon is music time and the night is fuckmyheartout time. Fascinating facts, figures, stats, and trivia are collected here in celebration of the 70th anniversary of desert island discs. Desert island discs 6165 free listening on soundcloud.
You should never expect feedback from me on a saturday. Archive 20052010 kirsty youngs castaway is the singer sandie shaw. This project seeks to retrieve the archive of the bbc radio 4 show, desert island discs and to complete it with metadata describing the guests and their music choices. Desert island discs celebrates its 75th anniversary this week, having first aired on 29 january 1942 when original host roy plomley interviewed popular viennese comedian, actor and musician, vic oliver originally a forces programme, its peek into the private lives of public figures from the worlds of politics, entertainment and everything in between has proven irresistible to radio 4. Dame sue campbell, director womens football at the fa. Desert island discs, archive 20112012 downloads bbc radio 4.
Desert island disc, recess monkeys tenth album for kids and families, imagines the band stranded on a remote island. Taking the reader on a journey of discovery through seven glorious. Desert island discs and other bbc podcasts are now available on spotify in the uk. You may have just heard him interviewed by kirsty young on radio 4s desert island discs. Virgin veritas 5622302 although they now rarely come together, the taverner forces, consort, choir and players under.
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island. The easiest way to listen to podcasts on your iphone, ipad, android, pc, smart speaker and even in your car. Classic desert island discs clive james the writer, critic, poet and broadcaster clive james 1939 2019 appeared twice on desert island discs first in 1980, and again in 2000. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Desert island discs is a classic amongst radio programmes. Desert island discs, fragment archive 19701986 downloads bbc. Nine unique luxury items on desert island discs jaye nolan. With a stripped down, acoustic instrumentation plus the lush orchestrations of jherek bischoff, recess monkey captures the same excitement of being young that has made them the darlings of kindie rock on a national level. Kirsty youngs castaway is the film director lewis gilbert. Desert island discs these are recordings either that i have known and loved over many years or of works which i could not do without on that desert island.
Back in the day, the longgone tower records used to publish a free magazine called pulse. Spotify adds bbc podcasts including desert island discs cnet. Desert island discs the 9 best episodes to download now marie claire january 31, 2017 2. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, archive 20052010 downloads. In conversation with michael parkinson, she talks about her acting career, about how, through writing to fill in the time, she.
Eight music records i would take to a desert island virgin. Desert island discs listen via stitcher for podcasts. Portrait of broadcaster and television personality terry wogan sitting in a deckchair holding a cocktail, photographed for radio times in connection with his appearance on the bbc radio program. About desert island disk the title of this song is a play on the classic bbc radio 4 talk show programme desert island discs, where celebrities must name eight recordings usually songs.
I can see why the manager got so frustrated, says the former manchester united player to bbcs desert island discs, reflecting on the reason his relationship with his manager deteriorated. Desert island discs november 25, 2016 anthony bird 2 comments desert island discs is a long running radio broadcast currently broadcast on bbc radio 4 where, in the bbcs own words, a guest is invited to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island, guests are also permitted one book and one luxury item. Damian lewis was kirsty youngs castaway on bbc radio 4 desert island discs did back in november heres the drill if you are not familiar with the program. Desert island discs by bbc radio 4 eight tracks, a book and a luxury. Desert island discs is one of the best and longest running radio shows on the bbc the gist of the show is simple. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, archive 20002005 downloads. 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. In part this is down to its format, where each week a famous guest becomes a fantasy castaway. Desert island discs, archive 19661970 downloads bbc radio 4. The bbc has announced that it plans to make 500 episodes of desert island discs from the last decade available to download online in addition, listeners will be able to read every castaways. Desert island discs lets imagine you are stuck on a desert island.
Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, archive 19861991 downloads. Full listings can be found on the desert island discs websi. 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. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, archive 19962000 downloads. Life, love and the archers explores the origins of her passion for music and she admits that, despite her reluctance to appear on the radio, she would love to be on desert island discs. Eight music records i would take to a desert island.
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. Bonus and adfree content available with stitcher premium. The original programme, as created by roy plomley, created an environment for celebrities to talk about their life in the context of being in the imaginary position. If youre in the uk and missed the radio show, you can listen again for the next seven days via the bbc iplayer here. For years i listened to the original series of desert island discs on the bbc and always fancied the chance to do likewise. Listen to desert island discs episodes free, on demand.
Desert island discs is a radio programme broadcast on bbc radio 4. The bbc radio 4 programme desert island discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book in addition to the bible or a religious text appropriate to that persons beliefs and the complete works of shakespeare and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely. With her melodic, velvety voice, bare feet and sassoon bob she was the. Desert island discs, fragment archive 19601969 downloads bbc. Classic bbc radio theme desert island discs youtube. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, archive 19811985 downloads.