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	Podcast:		Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000
	Episode:		James Dyson
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:37:19
	Publish Date:		1999-06-20 05:15:00
	Description:		Sue Lawley's guest this week is James Dyson. Today he's one of the richest men in Britain, but he began with an idea, a piece of cardboard and some sticky-backed plastic. Five years and more than 5,000 prototypes later, he was confident that he had invented a new type of vacuum cleaner. But that was to prove only the beginning of a long, drawn-out battle to get it licensed. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Slowdown by Wax On Wax Off Book: Olives: The Life and Love of a Noble Fruit by Mort Rosenslum Luxury: Olive Oil
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