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Castaway's favourite
Bessie Smith
Careless Love
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Tom Stoppard
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sat 12 Jan 1985
Playwright
Tom Stoppard, the playwright, began his career as a journalist on a local newspaper in Bristol. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his writing, which has been mainly for the theatre and has included several free translations of plays including Rough Crossing; now in the repertoire of the National Theatre.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
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The Avon Cities Jazz Band
Jump For Joy
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André Previn
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
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