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Desert Island Discs Clips

1. Theresa May, Home Secretary: ‘My debating career began with silence’

   Duration: 00:35

2. Poet John Agard: ‘It’s amazing what a teacher’s inspiration can do’

   Duration: 01:17

3. Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, former test pilot: 'I was hanging on to my tummy'

   Duration: 00:42

4. Kirsty Young: '95 year old Eric Brown is a terrific man with a real twinkle’

   Duration: 05:55

5. Wendy Dagworthy, fashion designer: ‘The first dress I made for myself was a pink gingham shift’

   Duration: 01:05

6. Roger Graef, filmmaker: ‘Don’t ask people to do what you wouldn’t do’

   Duration: 00:44

7. Debbie Wiseman: 'Every time there was an empty dining room I would sneak in and try and play'

   Duration: 00:45

8. Sir Roy Strong: 'The whole thing was preposterous!'

   Duration: 01:10

9. Sally Wainwright: 'My mum told me who everyone was in The Archers'

   Duration: 00:58

10. Sally Wainwright: 'I couldn’t read other people’s stories so I wrote my own'

    Duration: 00:50

11. Conductor Marin Alsop: 'My parents built a concert hall in their back yard'

    Duration: 00:54

12. Conductor Marin Alsop: 'It’s like a blind date with 100 people'

    Duration: 00:26

13. Will the coalition partners agree on English votes for English laws?

    Duration: 03:58

14. Steve McQueen: 'I don't need money, so I'm free to do what I want to do'

    Duration: 01:07

15. Steve McQueen: 'It was the first time I could breathe'

    Duration: 00:45

16. Malcolm Gladwell: 'It’s important people think I’m fair'

    Duration: 00:40

17. Guy Garvey: ‘I started singing in the common room – showing off’

    Duration: 00:37

18. Guy Garvey: ‘We thought we were good when we weren’t’

    Duration: 00:49

19. Guy Garvey: 'There was never sex on the bus'

    Duration: 00:46

20. Dame Wendy Hall: ‘I still face rooms full of men that I can’t get into’

    Duration: 01:16

21. Doug Allan: 'I was grabbed by a walrus - it thought I was a seal'

    Duration: 00:31

22. Anne Reid: 'I still can't believe I really did that!'

    Duration: 02:11

23. Anne Reid: 'We may look old but in our heads we’re not'

    Duration: 00:45

24. Professor Sir Michael Marmot: ‘The lower you are in the hierarchy, the higher your chance of heart disease'

    Duration: 00:56