Desert Island Discs Podcast
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
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Christopher Hampton
Sun 7 Jan 1996
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton
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Lady Margaret Tebbit
Sun 31 Dec 1995
Sue Lawley's castaway is wife of Norman Tebbit - Lady Margaret Tebbit
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George Martin
Sun 19 Nov 1995
Sue Lawley's castaway is record producer, composer and 'fifth beatle' George Martin
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Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP
Sun 5 Nov 1995
Sue Lawley's castaway is Secretary of State for Education and Employment Gillian Shephard
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Max Nicholson
Sun 17 Sep 1995
Sue Lawley's castaway is ornithologist and conservationist Max Nicholson
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Duke Of Westminster
Sun 2 Jul 1995
Sue Lawley's castaway is Gerald Grosvenor, the Duke Of Westminster
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Sir Bernard Ingham
Sun 21 May 1995
Sue Lawley's castaway is former press secretary to Margaret Thatcher, Sir Bernard Ingham
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Dr George Carey
Sun 7 May 1995
Sue Lawley's castaway is the Archbishop of Canterbury - Dr George Carey
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