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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

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November 18, 1990 · 35 min

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November 11, 1990 · 36 min

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November 4, 1990 · 37 min

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October 28, 1990 · 35 min

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Ernie Wise

October 21, 1990 · 35 min

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Clive Jenkins

October 14, 1990 · 24 min

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the most colourful and controversial members of Britain's trade union movement. He is the former General-Secretary of The Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs…
John Thaw

October 7, 1990 · 37 min

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is an actor who rose to fame by portraying two rather different sorts of policemen on the nation's television screens. John Thaw, though a versatile stage actor, having appeared at the Royal…
Gary Lineker

September 30, 1990 · 34 min

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the captain of the England football team Gary Lineker. Apprenticed to Leicester City at the age of 16, he turned professional at 18, then went on to play for England. In 1985 he was bought…