Clive James

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 by BBC

Feb 16, 201739:42Society & Culture

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Clive James. Favourite track: Baby Love by Diana Ross and The Supremes Book: Book about how to build a plane out of palm fronds and coconut fibre by Willy Messerschmitt Lu...

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