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Desert Island Discs

Clive James appeared as guest castaway on the long-running BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs on two occasions, in 1980 and 2000. Both episodes are available as podcasts on the BBC's Radio 4 website, or you can listen to them here.

Friday 20th June 1908, host Roy Plomley


RECORDS PLAYED:

1Alessandro ScarlattiAhi Che Sarà Di Me
(Floro e Tirsi)		Elsie Morison, Jennifer Vyvyan
2Wolfgang Amadeus MozartNon so più cosa son
(The Marriage of Figaro)		Teresa Berganza, LSO, Conductor: John Pritchard
3Gustave CharpentierDepuis Le Jour
(Louise)		Maria Callas
4Richard StraussMarie Theres’! Hab’ mir’s gelobt
(Act 3 Trio, Der Rosenkavalier)		Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich-Randall, Philharmonia Orch, Cond'r: Herbert von Karajan
5Reynaldo HahnEn Sourdine
(Paul Verlaine)		Maggie Teyte with Gerald Moore
6Billie HolidayPennies From Heaven
7The SupremesBaby Love
8Julie CovingtonIf I Had My Time Again

BOOK CHOICE:

Book about how to build a plane out of palm fronds and coconut fibre – Willy Messerschmitt

LUXURY CHOICE:

Space Invaders

Friday 16th June 2000, host Sue Lawley


RECORDS PLAYED:

1Elvis PresleyJailhouse Rock
2Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot PeppersThe Chant
3Billie HolidayThis Year's Kisses
4Gaetano DonizettiUna Furtiva Lagrima
(L'elisir d'amore)		Tito Schipa
5Frank SinatraSummer Wind
6Alison MoyetWhere Hides Sleep
7Pete AtkinLaughing Boy
8Donato Racciatti y Su Orquesta TípicaCambalache

BOOK CHOICE:

My Method of Singing – Enrico Caruso

LUXURY CHOICE:

Karaoke piano