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ON NOW : Today
18/06/2013

Today Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.

ON NEXT : 09:00 The Life…

Presented byKirsty Young

Desert Island Discs Presenter Kirsty Young

Pam Ayres

Pam Ayres

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Broadcast

First broadcast: Sat 29 Sep 1979

Poet, Entertainer

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres.

Choices

Lonnie Donegan

1.

Lonnie Donegan

Battle Of New Orleans

Others who chose this artist

John & Chris Leslie

2.

Castaway's favourite

John & Chris Leslie

The New St George

Édith Piaf

3.

Édith Piaf

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

Others who chose this artist

The Gaels

4.

The Gaels

Mountain Of The Women

Others who chose this artist

Randy Edelman

5.

Randy Edelman

A Weekend In New England

Others who chose this artist

Flanders and Swann

6.

Flanders and Swann

Misalliance

Others who chose this artist

Ann-Marie Gwatkin

7.

Ann-Marie Gwatkin

The Hard-Knock Life

Fred Dagg

8.

Fred Dagg

21st Speech

Others who chose this artist

Book

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

Others who chose this author

Luxury item

Large basket of sugared almonds

Others who chose a similar luxury

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