Robin Knox-Johnston

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991 by BBC

Sep 2, 199038:35Society & Culture

The Desert Island Discs guest this week is someone who should be particularly suited to castaway life - Robin Knox-Johnston was the first man to sail single-handedly non-stop around the world. Since then, he has spent mu...

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