Martin Amis
Sue Lawley's guest on Desert Island Discs today is the writer Martin Amis. He describes his books as comedies, but, like London Fields and O...
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20 of 246 episodesJennifer Saunders
The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is Absolutely Fabulous! Jennifer Saunders began "doing funny things with props" in the early 1...
Ian Dury
Today's castaway on Desert Island Discs confused the rock critics in the late 1970s with songs like Sweet Gene Vincent, Reasons to be Cheerf...
Robert Winston
On Desert Island Discs today the castaway is Robert Winston. As Professor of Fertility Studies at Hammersmith Hospital in London, he has bee...
Bruce Forsyth
This week's castaway on Desert Island Discs may be nearing 70, but he knows how to play The Generation Game. Bruce Forsyth is one of the gre...
Rt Hon Tony Blair MP
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Leader of the Opposition, the Right Honourable Tony Blair. He will be describing his beliefs, both po...
Tessa Sanderson
Atlanta was her sixth Olympic Games. The first was 20 years before. On Desert Island Discs, Tessa Sanderson reveals the competitive drive th...
Sir Laurens Van Der Post
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a writer, a traveller and an advisor to a Prince and Prime Minister. Now nearly 90, he'll b...
Chris Patten
He's called "His Excellency" by some; to others he's "Fatty Patten". Next year he will hand over Hong Kong to the Chinese. Chris Patten, thi...
Jancis Robinson
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the wine writer Jancis Robinson. One of only 200 Masters of Wine in the world, she recalls how her passio...
Jackie Charlton
The ball rolled past the gap between him and Gordon Banks and into the back of the net. The Germans were one goal up. This week's castaway,...
Rumer Godden
Always an outsider, she seems to have gone against all the mores of her time; from opening a dancing school in Calcutta to living alone with...
Lewis Wolpert
The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is Professor Lewis Wolpert. As Chairman of the Committee on the Public Understanding of Scienc...
Ben Elton
His fourth novel, Popcorn, has been widely-acclaimed by the critics. He's about to begin a nationwide tour with his stand-up comedy routine....
Fran Landesman
She has written songs for her friends Barbra Streisand and Bette Davis, and admires Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn. This week, the poet and...
Kevin Whately
The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the actor Kevin Whately. Having appeared increasingly prominently in three of the most succ...
Professor Colin Blakemore
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the scientist Colin Blakemore. A brilliant student, he became an Oxford professor at the ag...
Sir Terence Conran
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the designer and entrepreneur Terence Conran. He first came to fame with the Habitat store...
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. One of the most distinguished members of the English Ch...
André Previn
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the composer and conductor André Previn. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he and hi...
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