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Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio)

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"Desert Island Discs" is a biographical and factual radio programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on 29 January 1942 and celebrated its 70th anniversary in early 2012.

Each week a distinguished guest ("castaway") is asked to choose eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be castaway on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices. It was devised and originally presented by Roy Plomley. Since 2006, the show has been presented by Kirsty Young.

Director Alfred Hitchcock was a castaway in October 1959.

Hitchcockian Castaways

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Notes & References

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  19. See Desert Island Discs (BBC, 19/Oct/1959) - Alfred Hitchcock
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