Desert Island Discs - A full list of the rescued episodes of Desert Island Discs

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Link: BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - A full list of the rescued episodes of Desert Island Discs

 

Though the BBC has been broadcasting for a century, there are many gaps in the archives where programmes have been lost. On many occasions, the audio was never saved because of the high cost of making and storing the discs and tapes onto which programmes had to be recorded.

 

Fortunately for the BBC, numerous radio fans made their own off-air recordings of favourite programmes, and keen collectors now hunt down these home-made tapes. One recent treasure trove was discovered to include over 90 editions of Desert Island Discs missing from the BBC’s own archives. This hoard has been digitised and you can now listen to a glittering collection of newly-rescued castaways on BBC Sounds.

 

Actors

 

Gwen Berryman (1972)

 

Dirk Bogarde (1964)

 

Wilfred Brambell (1964)

 

Joseph Cotten (1981)

 

Michael Crawford (1971)

 

Bing Crosby (1975)

 

Andrew Cruickshank (1966)

 

Alice Delysia (1972)

 

Edith Evans (1964)

 

Sir John Gielgud (1962)

 

Patricia Hayes (1975)

 

Stanley Holloway (1975)

 

Freddie Jones (1980)

 

Evelyn Laye (1976)

 

Hugh Lloyd (1965)

 

Margaret Lockwood (1972)

 

James Mason (1961)

 

Dudley Moore (1969)

 

Robert Morley (1962)

 

Donald Pleasence (1980)

 

Nyree Dawn Porter (1970)

 

Bill Simpson (1966)

 

James Stewart (1974)

 

Richard Wattis (1964)

 

Comedians

 

Ronnie Corbett (1971)

 

Denis Goodwin & Bob Monkhouse (1955)

 

Al Read (1965)

 

John Reed

 

Sophie Tucker (1963)

 

Stanley Unwin (1962)

 

Sports

 

Commentator John Arlott (1975)

 

Cricketer Geoff Boycott (1971)

 

Racing Driver Jim Clark (1964)

 

Cricketer Len Hutton (1959)

 

Commentator Eddie Waring (1974)...

 

*Many others follow.

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