Rewind radio: The First Time With...; Private Passions; The Sub 2-Hour Marathon: Sport's Holy Grail – review

Even the unbeatable Desert Island Discs format can struggle when the guest is as dull as Debbie HarryThe First Time With... (6 Music) | iPlayerPrivate Passions (Radio 3) | iPlayerThe Sub 2-Hour Marathon: Sport's Holy Grail (Radio 4) | iPlayerDesert Island Discs, as a programme format, has never been topped. No wonder the estate of Roy Plomley has always been so precious about it. That combination of music and zoom-through-a-life interview gives so much: the musical choices relaxing the intervie...

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