George michaels eight favourite songs revealed a true lover of music, craft, fun and bangers by the line of best fit 26 december 2016, 09. Here are bruce springsteens top 8 desert island discs. The choices of book and luxury can sometimes give insight into the guests life, and the. It was devised and originally presented by roy plomley. Radio interview of the beatles legend paul mccartney who selects his favourite castaway tracks. The longloved, iconic radio 4 programme desert island discs, first devised and presented by roy plomley in 1942, has since been hosted by many a personality. Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.
Paul mccartneys appearance on the longrunning bbc radio series desert island discs was recorded on this day. Desert island discs kirsty young interviews inga beale, ceo of lloyd s of london, who chooses the eight records she would take with her to a desert island. 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. I havent had a chance to even think about my desert island lists, but im jotting it down in my ideas book for when things slow down around here. This is the transcript from desert island discs from 1989 or thereabouts, featuring john peel. Lauren lavernes castaway is the poet john cooper clarke. In a recent appearance on the bbcs desert island discs program, burmese democracy icon aung san suu kyi chose tom jones and the beatles the nobel peace prize winner, who spent 15 years under house arrest for opposing her homelands repressive military junta, was asked what eight pieces of music, book and luxury item she would choose if marooned alone on a desert island. The son of a preacher man, he was brought up in clarksdale, mississippi, and his first guitar was made from an old inner tube tied to the barn door. Elisabeth schwartzkopf is remembered by a handful of opera enthusiasts for her career as a soprano, but whatever singing ability she may have had is almost entirely eclipsed by her appearance in 1958 on desert island discs, a bbc radio programme that requires interviewees to choose eight songs that. Paul whitehouse, a chord book full of songs and arias, a piano.
Every episode from 1942 to the present day is available to hear on the bbc archive. On february 4, 2007, neil appeared on the longrunning bbc radio program desert island discs, on which celebrity guests discusswhat else. Castaways get to choose a book to take with them to the island, and ed chose philip. Desert island discs is a classic amongst radio programmes. As radio 4s desert island discs enters its 70th year, our scraperwiki spreadsheet reveals a number of themes running through castaways choices over the past seven decades with the entire. 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 and the reasons for their choices. Bbc radio 4 the producer of desert island discs looks. Another chance to hear artist tracey emins desert island discs, with sue lawley, first broadcast in november 2004. Tracey emin is one of the most successful and controversial artists to emerge during the 1990s. Dec 31, 2015 irish artists who picked their desert island discs for the bbc.
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 perso. Ultimate castaway songs revealed as show celebrates 75th anniversary for seven decades, great works of inspiring classical music have been perennially popular picks on desert. Dec 19, 2016 bruce springsteen recently sat down with bbc 4s kirsty young for the stations longrunning desert island discs series, which features celebrity castaways discussing some of the. Her selections veered towards the classical, with music by dvorak, verdi and mendelssohn making the cut. As im a biologist and id be living on an island, my book would be the song of the dodo. He told sue, when she picked up the bow, she didnt know if it weighed five kilos or five milligrams. How have the music choices on desert island discs changed. He described how producing his guide books became an obsession for him. Roy plomley on desert island discs, his music choices included five classical selections and three others while his chosen book was boswells the life of samuel johnson. With the entire desert island discs archive now available on the bbc radio 4 website, guests selections of books and luxuries are comprehensively revealed in all their profound, surprising and occasionally downright odd glory. Its like a wonderful, warm, scented bath, john lloyd producer of tvs. Nov 23, 2012 john lloyd, director, producer and writer, is interviewed by kirsty young for desert island discs. Brian epsteins appearance on the longrunning bbc radio series desert island discs was first broadcast on this day.
For the uninitiated, desert island discs is a halfhour programme on bbc radio which could feature any personality politician, actor, sportspeople, whatever. Desert island discs is a parlour game, a bit of fun. Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of desert island discs. Desert island discs is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Top five desert island discs chosen by david smyth and 2,480 castaways.
From this link it is possible to search to find which guests have chosen a leonard cohen track as one of their desert island discs. According to the bbcs database of desert island discs appearances, peel remains the only castaway to have chosen records by jimmy reed, misty in roots or the four brothers. Listen to episodes of desert island discs on podbay, the fastest and easiest way to. I was listening to desert island discs today, the longrunning but perpetually popular radio programme where famous people from all walks of life, choose which eight records they would take with them to a desert island, along with one book and a luxury not practical item. Every time a person, who was more or less a celebrity, made you contemplate what would be your own selection of ten discs to take with you when going into seclusion. Not so much a road to damascus, but nearly to the m50.
Desert island discs is on radio 4 on sundays at 11. One also gets the bible, or its equivalent, and the. Show more kirsty youngs castaway this week is the director, producer and writer, john lloyd. The comedy writer and producer john lloyd had it all. John lloyd, director, producer and writer, is interviewed by kirsty young for desert island discs. Classic bbc radio theme desert island discs youtube. In theory, you could spend the rest of your life flicking from one. Desert island discs listen via stitcher for podcasts. A comprehensive rt survey of 3,200 castaway choices analysing one year in every decade since desert island discs began in 1942 reveals how the musical tastes of the great and good have. Desert island discs is a bbc2 radio programme where, in each episode, a guest must choose eight records, one book and a luxury item to take with them on a desert island. D falconer this may not post fully, hopefully the links will work. Thanks to you for the past couple of days ive had my song is love unknown stuck in my head. Alicia chose story of o for her book and her favorite dildo actually, its mine, since im the one who straps it on as her luxury. One of the songs chosen by the japanese artist is her late husband john lennons beautiful.
Maybe, as far as music is concerned, ed is tone deaf. Kirsty young permanently stepping down as host of desert island discs politicians on desert island discs. Musicians including bob geldof, phil collins and sir andrew lloyd. Guests select the 8 songs theyd take with them if they were to be castaway alone on a desert island.
Desert island assembly by king edward vi school issuu. Brian epstein appears on the bbcs desert island discs. The choices of book and luxury can sometimes give insight into the guests life, and the choices of guests since 2011 are listed here. Desert island discs is a radio programme broadcast on bbc radio 4. George martins first of two appearances on the longrunning bbc radio series desert island discs was broadcast on this day. Nov 18, 2016 when researchers looked at how peoples music choices and professions lined up. Thanks for reminding me of the hymnit is balm in between my ears when things are too hurried around here. Bbc desert island discs 1 1946 1970 geni family tree. What have we learnt from 70 years of desert island discs. George martin appears on the bbcs desert island discs.
Jan 28, 2012 70 years of desert island discs what did george clooney, elton john and others choose. What a gentle introduction into podcast radio, desert island discs is to me. Listen to desert island discs episodes free, on demand. Desert island discs chosen by watford writers group page 1 about desert island discs on the evening of monday 3 november 1941 whilst living in digs in little bushey lane, roy plomley hit on an idea for a short radio series which involved no more than guests being castaway on a desert island and finding their favourite eight discs being. At the end of each interview they reveal these along with the one track they would save if the music collection were washed away to sea. John malkovich, the sound and the fury by william faulkner, a cappuccino maker. As a new series of desert island discs gets underway, we investigate the least talked about but most fascinating aspect of the show. Top 5 narcissists on desert island discs le poulet noir.
Since the programme began in 1942, a total of 43 guests. Just select musical choices and search on leonard cohen. Kirsty youngs top 10 desert island discs interviews the. Island biogeography in an age of extinction by david quammen. To search, type desert island discs plus the castaways name. Daleys desert island discs episode is a poignant one, as he shares with current presenter lauren laverne everything from life with his late father and the moment he passed, taking part in the olympics and being bullied at school, and becoming a father with his husband dustin lance black. Contentsshow show name my top ten station bbc radio one yyyymmdd 19840721 comments special edition of a weekly saturday lunchtime show of that name introduced by andy peebles, in which peel runs down ten of his top records. Desert island discs nine of the most moving desert. Castaway ed and the most hilariously righton desert.
Sue lawleys guest this week is sir andrew lloyd webber. Lloyds choice of music for his desert island included da doo ron ron by the crystals, walk of life by dire straits and handels the arrival of the queen of sheba. Interviewed for desert island discs in the bbcs bombdamaged studio in londons maida vale, his choices of music included four classical pieces and the twenties bigband classic happy days. Burmas suu kyi picks tom jones, the beatles on desert. A metadata collector for the guests on desert island discs. Choose only five 5 if you will be stranded on a desert island. Her work was championed early on by influential art dealer jay jopling and later by the collector charles saatchi.
Born in aberdeen but moved to dublin before my 4th birthday. Since the programs deviser roy plomley interviewed comedian vic oliver in january 1942, nearly 3,000 distinguished people from all walks of life have been stranded on the mythical island, accompanied only. Technically, desert island discs is a radio programme, and kirsty young is its host. Top 10 book choices on desert island discs from divine. Seven decades of desert island discs the new yorker. Oct 25, 2015 desert island discs is one of the best and longest running radio shows on the bbc the gist of the show is simple. George martin appears on the bbcs desert island discs the. Desert island discs is a format that seems to be able to get at the truth better than most. Do people lie about their music tastes on desert island discs. It was first broadcast on the bbc forces programme on 29 january 1942.
Bonus and adfree content available with stitcher premium. On saturday mornings i used to listen to the bbc and their program desert island discs. He chose john lennons beautiful boy, paying homage to his rocknroll roots in several of his other choices, which included elviss heartbreak hotel, chuck berrys sweet little sixteen, gene vincents be bop a lula and tutti frutti by little richard. Solid air by john martyn lots of happy memories from my parents house, and. Shes hoping to figure out a way to attach it to a palm tree and back in for some doggystyle memories. Jun 20, 2018 culture books features top 10 book choices on desert island discs from divine comedy to war and peace. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, sir andrew lloyd webber. The bbc radio 4 programme desert island discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of. The beatles manager was interviewed by the shows creator, roy plomley, and chose the eight records, luxury item and book he would take if stranded as a castaway on a desert island. However, by the end of yesterdays programme, fair or not, i felt a clammy grip round.
At a certain class of dinner party, asking someone for their desert island choices eight discs, favourite book and one luxury is likely to get a ready response, not least because your. Keir starmer selects eu anthem at desert island picks. Tv bosses rejected spitting image as kids stuff before. List of desert island discs episodes 2011present wikipedia. The rules state that the chosen luxury item must not be. The castaway in desert island discs this week is one of the oldest and deepest voices in rock music the legendary bluesman john lee hooker.
List of desert island discs episodes 20012010 wikipedia. Five castaways chose the trombone and 12 chose the saxophone. Their choices are entirely their own which gives them a great deal of control over the programme. 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. The rules state that the chosen luxury item must not be anything animate or indeed. Desert island discs and why 2 guests chose cyanide pills. 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 the rules state that the chosen luxury item must. In part this is down to its format, where each week a famous guest becomes a fantasy castaway. The easiest way to listen to podcasts on your iphone, ipad, android, pc, smart speaker and even in your car. She decided to leave radio 1 in 2000, and her first child, woody, was born later that year. The beatles producer was interviewed by the shows creator, roy plomley, and chose the eight records, luxury item and book he would take if stranded as a castaway on a desert island. We always played this as full albums, hence desert island discs.
The producer of desert island discs looks back over the programmes history and how certain. George michaels eight favourite songs revealed a true lover. Mccartney was interviewed by the shows creator, roy plomley, and chose the eight records, luxury item and book he would take if stranded as a castaway on a desert island. The castaway is the star of the episode each week which as it should be.
Tune in to your local bbc radio station at midday on jan 29 for special editions of your desert island discs featuring listeners castaway choices. Every wednesday alex johnson delves into a unique collection of titles. The first world war cast a shadow over the early years of charles causleys life for his father died in. Irish artists who picked their desert island discs for the bbc. In january 2017 desert island discs celebrated its 75th anniversary. But the most fascinating aspect of the show isnt so much the interviews although some have been admittedly extremely enlightening. To mark its 75th birthday, our pick of the best ever desert island discs guests castaways include tom hanks, david beckham and morrissey. Each week a guest, called acastaway during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings usually, but not always, music, a book and a luxury item. Fascinating facts and figures about radio 4s desert island discs. These choices are the only tracks that they can listen to once stranded on an imaginary desert island. The best and worst choices help contact us about us advertise business write for us t. May 24, 2011 top 5 narcissists on desert island discs 1. Fascinating facts, figures, stats, and trivia are collected here in celebration of the 70th anniversary of desert island discs. Taking the reader on a journey of discovery through seven glorious.
Culture books features top 10 book choices on desert island discs from divine comedy to war and peace. Paul mccartney was the only beatle who actually appeared on desert island discs, in 1982. Sir keir starmer selected ode to joy the music adopted as an anthem by the european union when he took part in a desert island discs style event on thursday evening as politicos scanned his choices for coded messages, the holborn and st pancras mp also picked the israelites and bridge over troubled water as he appeared on stage at a labour party fundraiser. Bbc radio 4 broadcasts new programmes for approximately 42 weeks each year on sunday mornings, usually with a repeat transmission. Desert island discs takes two short breaks, in the northern spring and summer. Oct 01, 2012 the legendary bbc radio program desert island discs celebrated 70 glorious years in 2012. Paul mccartney appears on the bbcs desert island discs the. I was listening to the requiem by andrew lloyd webber and i had a revelation. The next generation of desert island discs phil freeman on. These include john cale,david gilmour and alan parker. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A cast of castaways the best desert island discs of all.
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