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Now that's what I call Desert Island Discs!

Nearly 69 years' worth of episodes are now available online. So what themes run through the selections?We don't know where it is or what the weather is like. And we don't know how the celebrity in question ended up being the only person shipwrecked there (Sole survivor? Conspiracy? Divine retribution?), with nothing more than the Complete Works of Shakespeare, a Bible, one book, one luxury item, and a record player, with eight songs to play.Either way, Desert Island Discs is a BBC Radio 4 insti...

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20:00 on March 2 2011

Now that's what I call Desert Island Discs!

Guardian Music — Nearly 69 years' worth of episodes are now available online. So what themes run through the selections?We don't know where it is or what the weather is like. And we don't... more info