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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

Willie Rushton is a cartoonist, actor, writer...

: 32 minutes : 18-Aug-1984

The writer Ved Mehta unfortunately lost his s...

: 37 minutes : 25-Aug-1984

George Abbott, who is 97 years old, has just ...

: 31 minutes : 01-Sep-1984

Catherine Cookson is a very successful writer...

: 37 minutes : 08-Sep-1984

Gerry Cottle's latest circus is a fast-moving...

: 36 minutes : 15-Sep-1984

Alfred Eisenstadt gave up being a belt-and-bu...

: 35 minutes : 22-Sep-1984

John Hurt has built up a tremendous reputatio...

: 35 minutes : 29-Sep-1984

John Surman, who plays the baritone saxophone...

: 35 minutes : 06-Oct-1984

Michael Ffolkes, the cartoonist, works princi...

: 30 minutes : 19-Oct-1984

Jonathan Lynn began his acting career in the ...

: 35 minutes : 20-Oct-1984