By joining our community you will have access to post topics, upload content and access many other. Sue lawley has packed 550 people off with their gramophones and eight discs to meet the hordes despatched by roy plomley since the programme started in the 1940s. In part this is down to its format, where each week a famous guest becomes a fantasy castaway. The bbc radio 4 programme desert island discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book in addition to the bible or a religious text appropriate to that persons beliefs and the complete works of shakespeare and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely. So how about putting down your desert island discs. Id pick it up whenever i was in there which was fairly frequently.
I was born and brought up in evesham, a small town in worcestershire. Desert island discs chris guy i feel a bit of an interloper here as i have only been a member of the sccs for six years, and have never held any elected office, but please indulge me. Preparation for a desert island discs style radio script. Please hit the community button above to engage with the dis. Desert island discs is on radio 4 on sundays at 11. By casting away the biggest names of the day in science, business, politics, showbiz, sport and the arts, it presents a crosssectional snapshot of the times in which we live.
For seventy years now desert island discs has managed that rare feat to be both enduring and relevant. Stream tracks and playlists from bbc desert island discs on your desktop or mobile device. Now as i go upon my way so let me go upon my way born of a light, born of a light the wind rushing round my open heart an open ravine with my spirit light. It reminded me of listening to chris packhams desert island discs where kirsty young asks him to explain his comment that the rarest thing to see in the british countryside is a child. Nine unique luxury items on desert island discs jaye nolan. Dustin hoffman desert island discs bbc radio december 2012 3 of 3 by kevin kavanagh. Listen all the podcasts, conferences, online radios for free on your iphone, android, windows phone and pc. Bbc radio 4 desert island discs, chris packham, chris. Kirsty youngs journalistic career began in 1989, newsreading and presenting for bbc radio scotland. The original version was recorded by coates for introducing the bbc radio series desert island discs, which has run since 1942, and the theme is still in use today. This is a list of those rare discs that if i were on a desert island, id wish i could play, ones i play regularly.
How have the music choices on desert island discs changed. Aug 29, 2009 the original version was recorded by coates for introducing the bbc radio series desert island discs, which has run since 1942, and the theme is still in use today. Kirsty youngs castaway is the naturalist, chris packham. In 2008 she became the presenter of crimewatch on bbc1 and she has presented desert island discs since 2006.
Bruce springsteen has hailed the impact of sir van morrison on his career, saying his seminal astral weeks album made me trust in beauty. Desert island discs preparation for a desert island discs style radio script. Radiohead lyrics desert island disk now as i go upon my way so let me go upon my way born of a light born of a light the wind rushing round my open heart an open ravine with my spirit white totally alive and my spirit light through an open doorway across a street. For most of his life, broadcaster and naturalist chris packham didnt tell anyone about the one thing that in many ways has defined his entire existence. Jan 27, 2017 nine unique luxury items on desert island discs. For seven decades, desert island discs has been introduced by the same theme song, by the sleeping lagoon, composed in 1930, by eric coats, and every week a new castaway of. Oct, 20 chris packham the worst stereotype of scientist. I listen religiously to desert island discs every week on uk bbc radio 4 and i can never believe it when the guests dont take some beatles and dylan. Bruce springsteen hails van morrisons incredible astral. Kirsty young asks castaways to choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island broadcasting house, london. Jan 30, 2012 for seven decades, desert island discs has been introduced by the same theme song, by the sleeping lagoon, composed in 1930, by eric coats, and every week a new castaway of.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. Every time a person, who was more or less a celebrity, made you contemplate what would be your own selection of ten discs to take with you when going into seclusion. April 2016 update on chris packham and speaking the unsayable. Desert island discs november 25, 2016 anthony bird 2 comments desert island discs is a long running radio broadcast currently broadcast on bbc radio 4 where, in the bbcs own words, a guest is invited to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island, guests are also permitted one book and one luxury item. Tv presenter, filmmaker, writer, photographer, every bit of his work revolves around wildlife.
Oct 01, 2012 kirsty youngs journalistic career began in 1989, newsreading and presenting for bbc radio scotland. Listen desert island discs with kirsty young ivoox. He has worked on books with, among many others, sir clement freud, michael mansfield qc, david blunkett, rolf harris. Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today. Oct 18, 20 kirsty youngs castaway is the naturalist, chris packham. Just listened to chris packham on desert island discs.
Kirsty, 50, has been host of desert island discs since 2006 but did take some time away from the bbc radio 4 programme last year due to health. Oct, 20 packham, who lives with zookeeper charlotte, chose the collected works of f scott fitzgerald as his book and binoculars as his luxury for the mythical island. Ive completed an album called homesick recently that was recorded entirely on an iphone using nothing but the mic of the phone and a 4 track app. Guests select the 8 songs theyd take with them if they were to be castaway alone on a desert island. We have a lot in common, im maybe 4 years older, our interests in science and music had very similar origins and early trajectories, but i have to say he came. Irish artists who picked their desert island discs for the bbc. Your are viewing a readonly archive of the old dis boards. Classic bbc radio theme desert island discs youtube. Bonus and adfree content available with stitcher premium. To search, type desert island discs plus the castaways name. Desert island discs is a classic amongst radio programmes. Listen for free to their radio shows, dj mix sets and podcasts.
Damian lewis was kirsty youngs castaway on bbc radio 4 desert island discs did back in november heres the drill if you are not familiar with the program. But first i wanted to give you a bit of info on myself and my album. Desert island discs celebrates its 75th anniversary this week, having first aired on 29 january 1942 when original host roy plomley interviewed popular viennese comedian, actor and musician, vic oliver. Listen and download desert island discs with kirsty youngs episodes for free. Desert island discs 1977, by roy plomley plomleys pick 1982, by roy plomley desert island lists 1984, compiled by roy plomley and derek drescher desert island discs.
Sean magee is a distinguished publisher, editor, and author. It was first broadcast on the bbc forces programme on 29 january 1942 each week a guest, called a castaway during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings usually, but not always, music, a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives. Jul 05, 2019 kirsty, 50, has been host of desert island discs since 2006 but did take some time away from the bbc radio 4 programme last year due to health problems during her time on the show, kirsty has. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Listen to desert island discs episodes free, on demand. Tune in to your local bbc radio station at midday on jan 29 for special editions of your desert island discs featuring listeners castaway choices. Discussion just curious to hear what other people would list if they could only listen to 10 albums for the rest of their lives. Desert island discs listen via stitcher for podcasts. They always had a desert island disc section wherein people would write to the magazine and advise what their discs were.
Taking the reader on a journey of discovery through seven glorious. Bbc desert island discs free listening on soundcloud. Scousecaspaxs tagged me with the desert island discs meme, where you pick. Nov 07, 2014 british prime minister david cameron appears on bbc radio 4 show desert island discs. Can anyone tell me when the desert island discs episode featuring chris was on. Welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music. Seven decades of desert island discs the new yorker. Christmas on desert island discs is well worth a listen you can download it. Nov 25, 2016 desert island discs november 25, 2016 anthony bird 2 comments desert island discs is a long running radio broadcast currently broadcast on bbc radio 4 where, in the bbcs own words, a guest is invited to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island, guests are also permitted one book and one luxury item.
Desert island discs is a radio programme broadcast on bbc radio 4. Download the adaptable word resource subscribers only download the free pdf resource. Read further analysis of desert island discs choices and a full interview with host kirsty young in this weeks radio times, available in shops and on the newsstand from tuesday 24th january. On saturday mornings i used to listen to the bbc and their program desert island discs.
Find out when desert island discs revisited the great outdoors. Chris packham was just on desert island discs, he is soooo. In the depths of winter some have enjoyed the music threads in the lounge. Discussion in music corner started by deadloss, mar 30, 2017. The easiest way to listen to podcasts on your iphone, ipad, android, pc, smart speaker and even in your car. I like a lot of genres, but more folkpoprock that makes me feel. Chris goes on to explain that children need to be exposed to nature, get their hands dirty and feel excited and enthralled by the wildlife on our doorstep. The bbcs desert islandsubject of this threecd compilationmust be a bit crowded by now. Fascinating facts, figures, stats, and trivia are collected here in celebration of the 70th anniversary of desert island discs. Packham, who lives with zookeeper charlotte, chose the collected works of f scott fitzgerald as his book and binoculars as his luxury for the mythical island. British prime minister david cameron appears on bbc radio 4 show desert island discs. Back in the day, the longgone tower records used to publish a free magazine called pulse.
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