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Desert Island Discs - the lost recordings

More than 90 lost recordings of 大象传媒 Radio 4's Desert Island Discs have been discovered by an audio collector from Lowestoft in Suffolk.

More than 90 lost recordings of 大象传媒 Radio 4's Desert Island Discs have been discovered by an audio collector from Lowestoft in Suffolk. Bing Crosby, Dame Margot Fonteyn, James Stewart, David Hockney and Dirk Bogarde are among the big names who appear in the episodes found by Richard Harrison. He's described finding the missing recordings which date back to the 1960s and 1970s as "a great feeling". The former Discs presenter Sue Lawley said: "Thank God" they've been found. The 大象传媒's Culture Editor, Katie Razzle, has been to meet the hero of the hour. This is 5 Minutes On - Desert Island Discs 鈥 the lost recordings:鈥

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