Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day. 
Clips
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"What better life could you have than being a journalist?" Duration: 01:22 Alexandra Shulman
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“A tag sewn into his collar said GL Mallory” Duration: 01:59 Conrad Anker
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Deborah Bull: 'I would rather have put my hands in the fire than dance at a party' Duration: 02:10 Deborah Bull
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Sir Mervyn King: "I don't think anything has kept me awake at night" Duration: 02:22 Sir Mervyn King
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Sir Mervyn King: "No one imagined things could go so badly wrong so quickly" Duration: 01:54 Sir Mervyn King
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Damien Hirst: “I got an E in my A-level art” Duration: 02:18 Damien Hirst
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Desert Island Discs History
Desert Island Discs is one of Radio 4's most popular and enduring programmes. Created by Roy Plomley in 1942, the format is simple: each week a guest is invited by Kirsty Young to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island.
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Your Desert Island Discs
Hear a special Christmas edition of Your Desert Island Discs as Kirsty Young presents listeners' castaway choices. With Bill Bailey and Jo Whiley.
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Desert Island Disc Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Some Desert Island Discs programmes only exist in their incomplete form. They may be missing...
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Desert Island Disc Fragment Archive 1960-1969
Some Desert Island Discs programmes only exist in their incomplete form. They may be missing...
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Desert Island Disc Fragment Archive 1970-1986
Some Desert Island Discs programmes only exist in their incomplete form. They may be missing...
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1951-1955
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1956-1960
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1961-1965
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1966-1970
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1971-1975
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1976-1980
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1981-1985
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1986-1991
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1991-1996
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 1996-2000
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 2000-2005
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs Archive: 2005-2011
Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island....
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Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young
Kirsty Young asks castaways to choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the...
