Excuse me if this is known by everyone, but A bit of social history about "Desert Island Discs". I do'nt know about similar programmes around the world, but the original "D I D", was a BBC creation, I believe in the 1930's and it has run, more or less continuosly on BBC Radio 4, or the Home Service as it was back in the day, since then. In fact, I believe it is the longest running radio show in the world. The mention of 5 discs, suggest you may have a US version, but the original, I assure you, is from the Beeb and allowed 8 discs.
Devised and presented for decades by Roy Plomley, it was a brilliantly simple idea. Interview a new celebrity weekly, Politician, Film Star, Poet, Sports Star etc, very gently, about their lives and play excerpts from each disc. There were always questions about how they'd cope with loneliness, how practical they were, would they try to escape etc. At the end, they are allowed a book, always getting the Bible and Shakespeare as well and a Luxury item, so not a tent, box of matches etc.
Apologies again if this is all old news to you, but as no one has mentioned it, I thought it might be news to some of you.
Devised and presented for decades by Roy Plomley, it was a brilliantly simple idea. Interview a new celebrity weekly, Politician, Film Star, Poet, Sports Star etc, very gently, about their lives and play excerpts from each disc. There were always questions about how they'd cope with loneliness, how practical they were, would they try to escape etc. At the end, they are allowed a book, always getting the Bible and Shakespeare as well and a Luxury item, so not a tent, box of matches etc.
Apologies again if this is all old news to you, but as no one has mentioned it, I thought it might be news to some of you.