Desert Island Discs

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  Radio head: What makes a good radio presenter?

  3 Jan 2012: The secret, as Terry Wogan alluded to in his Desert Island Discs, is in the warm interaction with listeners, writes Elisabeth Mahoney

• Radio head: Desert Island Discs

  25 Oct 2011: Mark Gatiss's Desert Island Discs on Radio 4 was full of big emotions and highlighted the show's many strengths, writes Elisabeth Mahoney

• Click to download: Desert Island Discs, Baxter Dury and ThruYou

  28 Sep 2011: Castaway Chris Salmon loses himself in the BBC's vast Desert Island Discs archive

• William's wedding day blunder: driving father's prized car with handbrake on

  25 Sep 2011: Royal photographer Arthur Edwards reveals prince's slip-up in Aston Martin the Queen gave Charles for his 21st birthday

• Desert Island Discs 100: Vaughan Williams at No 1 but Elvis is nowhere

  7 Aug 2011: Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Madonna fail to make it into Radio 4 listeners' top choices for Desert island Discs

• Piers Morgan faces renewed scrutiny over Desert Island Discs comments

  27 Jul 2011:

  Former Daily Mirror and News of the World editor under pressure over talking of 'stuff we used to do'

• Standup Michael McIntyre says rivals' nastiness spoiled his big night

  17 Jul 2011: Stadium-filling comedian Michael McIntyre tells Desert Island Discs of the 'amazing' hostility from other comics that ruined his big night

• Kirsty Young: 'On radio, you don't have all the make-up cobblers of TV'

  5 Jun 2011: The presenter of Desert Island Discs talks to Tim Lewis about having the 'best job in radio' and sticking up for women

• Radio head: Desert Island Discs with Debbie Harry

  25 May 2011: The Blondie singer laughed her way through a distinctive, ballsy and cool interview, writes Elisabeth Mahoney

• Why Beethoven's ninth always comes first

  24 May 2011: This iconic symphony and the message it conveys is supremely relevant – even on a desert island

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

  17 Apr 2011: Even the unbeatable Desert Island Discs format can struggle when the guest is as dull as Debbie Harry, writes Miranda Sawyer

• Martin Sheen says his addict son Charlie needs 'help and sympathy'

  3 Apr 2011: West Wing star tells of family's struggle to deal with Charlie Sheen's bad behaviour, writes Vanessa Thorpe

• Desert Island Discs: which episode would you take to a desert island?

  31 Mar 2011:

  Elisabeth Mahoney: The show's new online archive allows fans to access the most recent 500 episodes. Which DIDs are worth a second listen?

• Bidisha's thought for the day: Desert islands

  5 Mar 2011:

  Bidisha's thought for the day: The archive of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs is being put online. It is a wonderful testament to the show's peerless quality. But why are so many of the guests men?

• Media Talk podcast: Hunt approves News Corp plan for Sky News

  Audio (32min 16sec), 4 Mar 2011:

  News Corp spin off Sky News to get the green light for the BSkyB takeover. Plus, ITV is back in the black; the age of product placement begins; and a decade of Desert Island Discs is made available online. With Matt Wells, Stephen Brook and Steve Ackerman

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