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Desert Island Discs Archive: 2016-2018 Podcast

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island.

Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Bill Gates

    Sun 31 Jan 2016

    Bill Gates, entrepreneur and philanthropist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.

  • Sigrid Rausing

    Sun 24 Jan 2016

    Kirsty Young interviews publisher and philanthropist Sigrid Rausing.

  • Sir Anthony Seldon

    Sun 17 Jan 2016

    Kirsty Young interviews educationalist and biographer Sir Anthony Seldon.

  • Alex Crawford

    Sun 10 Jan 2016

    Kirsty Young interviews journalist Alex Crawford.

  • Colm Toibin

    Sun 3 Jan 2016

    Colm Toibin, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.

  • Patricia Greene

    Sun 27 Dec 2015

    Kirsty Young interviews Patricia Greene, who plays Jill in the Archers.

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